Anticancer properties of fruits and vegetables

HortScience

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 573-575

  Wargovich, Michael J ^a  

^a South Carolina Cancer Center   (United States)

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EID: 0033944720     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.35.4.573     Document Type: Conference Paper

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