Nanosilver: A nanoproduct in medical application

Toxicology Letters - Tập 176 Số 1 - Trang 1-12 - 2008
X Chen1, Hermann J. Schluesener
1Institute of Brain Research, University of Tuebingen Calwer Str. 3, D-72076 Tuebingen, Germany. [email protected]

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