Burns
Volume 27, Issue 4 , Pages 309-317 , 1 June 2001

The involvement of free radicals in burn injury: a review

  • B. Latha
    • ,
  • Mary Babu

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. No. 2, Igyasami Nagal, East Tambaram, Chennai 600059, India Tel.: +91-33-4911386; fax: +91-44-4911589

,Accepted 23 August 2000.

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