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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

A novel one-pot green synthesis of selenium nanoparticles and evaluation of its toxicity in zebrafish embryos

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Pages 471-477 | Received 11 Jul 2014, Accepted 03 Sep 2014, Published online: 07 Oct 2014

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