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Aluminium and lead toxicity revisited: mechanisms explaining the particular sensitivity of the brain to oxidative damage

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Bolt, H.M., Hengstler, J.G. Aluminium and lead toxicity revisited: mechanisms explaining the particular sensitivity of the brain to oxidative damage. Arch Toxicol 82, 787–788 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00204-008-0366-y

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