Antioxidants | Diet and antioxidant defense

Encyclopedia of Human Nutrition

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 117-131

  Benzie, I F F ^a   Strain, J J ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79955669353     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B0-12-226694-3/00017-X     Document Type: Chapter

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