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Research Article

Metalloestrogenic Effects of Quantum Dots

Manasi P Jain† Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, McGill University, 3655 Promenade Sir-William-Osler, McIntyre Medical Sciences Building, Room 1314, Montreal, QC, H3G 1Y6, Canada. [email protected]View further author information
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Farida Vaisheva† Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, McGill University, 3655 Promenade Sir-William-Osler, McIntyre Medical Sciences Building, Room 1314, Montreal, QC, H3G 1Y6, Canada. [email protected]View further author information
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Dusica Maysinger† Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, McGill University, 3655 Promenade Sir-William-Osler, McIntyre Medical Sciences Building, Room 1314, Montreal, QC, H3G 1Y6, Canada. [email protected]Correspondence[email protected]
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Pages 23-37 | Published online: 22 Dec 2011

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