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Free radicals and aging

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

John MC Gutteridge
John MC Gutteridge*
Affiliation:
Unit of Critical Care, Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Royal Brompton Hospital and National Heart and Lung Institute, London, UK
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John MC Gutteridge, Unit of Critical Care, Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Royal Brompton Hospital and National Heart and Lung Institute, Sydney Street, London SW3 6NP, UK.
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Biological gerontology
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 4 , Issue 4 , November 1994 , pp. 279 - 288
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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