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Savari, MN., Jabali, A. (2023). Cytotoxicity/Toxicity. In: Theranostic Iron-Oxide Based Nanoplatforms in Oncology. Nanomedicine and Nanotoxicology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-6507-6_11

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