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Original Article

The Role of Non-protein Sulphydryls in Determining the Chemical Repair Rates of Free Radical Precursors of DNA Damage and Cell Killing in Chinese Hamster V79 Cells

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Pages 297-306 | Received 03 Feb 1992, Accepted 03 May 1992, Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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