Antioxidants: Sense or speculation?

Nutrition Today

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 15-19

  Halliwell, Barry ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001872503     PISSN: 0029666X     EISSN: 15389839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00017285-199411000-00003     Document Type: Article

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