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Protective effect of lycopene against cytotoxic and genotoxic effects induced by mixture of two pesticides (dimethoate and lambda-cyhalothrin) on human peripheral blood lymphocytes

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Pages 20-28 | Received 26 Feb 2015, Accepted 16 Sep 2015, Published online: 08 Jan 2016

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