Massive star formation in Wolf-Rayet galaxies - III. Analysis of the O and WR populations

Á. R. López-Sánchez; C. Esteban

doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200913434

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Issue		A&A Volume 516, June-July 2010


Article Number		A104
Number of page(s)		18
Section		Extragalactic astronomy
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913434
Published online		22 July 2010

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