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Free Radicals in Biological Materials

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    BARRY COMMONER, JONATHAN TOWNSEND & GEORGE E. PAKE

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COMMONER, B., TOWNSEND, J. & PAKE, G. Free Radicals in Biological Materials. Nature 174, 689–691 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1038/174689a0

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