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Can dietary micronutrients influence tissue antioxidant capacity?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

Malcolm J. Jackson
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, University of Liverpool, PO Box 147, Liverpool L69 3BX
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Abstract

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Type
Symposium on ‘Antioxidants’
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1994

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