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Oxidative Stress in Aging

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  1. Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

    Satomi Miwa

  2. Department of Cellular and Structural Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX

    Florian L. Muller

  3. Functional Genomics Core, Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, CA

    Kenneth B. Beckman

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  1. Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

    Satomi Miwa PhD

  2. Functional Genomics Core, Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, CA, USA

    Kenneth B. Beckman PhD

  3. Department of Cellular and Structural Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA

    Florian L. Muller PhD

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Miwa, S., Muller, F.L., Beckman, K.B. (2008). Introduction. In: Miwa, S., Beckman, K.B., Muller, F.L. (eds) Oxidative Stress in Aging. Aging Medicine. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-420-9_1

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