Fingernails as biological indices of metal exposure
โ Scribed by Rita Mehra; Meenu Juneja
- Book ID
- 110637812
- Publisher
- Indian Academy of Sciences
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 49 KB
- Volume
- 30
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0250-5991
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