Contaminant-stimulated Reactive Oxygen Species Production and Oxidative Damage in Aquatic Organisms

Marine Pollution Bulletin - Tập 42 Số 8 - Trang 656-666 - 2001
D.R. Livingstone1
1Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Citadel Hill, Plymouth, Devon, UK.

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