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Original Articles

Pomegranate Intake Protects Against Genomic Instability Induced by Medical X-rays In Vivo in Mice

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Pages 1349-1356 | Received 20 Nov 2015, Accepted 23 May 2016, Published online: 27 Sep 2016

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