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. 2009 Sep 16;24(3):211–214. doi: 10.1007/s12291-009-0040-z

Antioxidant basket: Do not mix apples and oranges

P P Singh 1,✉, Praveen Sharma 2
PMCID: PMC3453318  PMID: 23105837

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