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Epidemiologic evidence of oxidative stress in the brain

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Launer, L.J. Epidemiologic evidence of oxidative stress in the brain. Eur J Epidemiol 19, 99–100 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:EJEP.0000017752.42077.23

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