DMSO: Many Uses, Much Controversy

Alternative and Complementary Therapies

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 230-235

  Muir, Maya ^a  

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EID: 85005951585     PISSN: 10762809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/act.1996.2.230     Document Type: Article

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