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Redox Report
Communications in Free Radical Research
Volume 1, 1995 - Issue 4
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Hypothesis article

Zinc inhibition of electron transfer: mechanism of beta receptor inhibition?

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Pages 303-305 | Accepted 15 Mar 1995, Published online: 13 Jul 2016

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