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The chemical toxic benzo[a]pyrene perturbs the physical organization of phosphatidylcholine membranes

✍ Scribed by María Jiménez; Francisco J. Aranda; J. Antonio Teruel; Antonio Ortiz

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2002
Tongue
English
Weight
133 KB
Volume
21
Category
Article
ISSN
0730-7268

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