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Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 417652, 13 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/417652
Research Article
Effect of Marine Omega 3 Fatty Acids on Methylmercury-Induced Toxicity in Fish and Mammalian Cells In Vitro
1National Institute of Nutrition and Research (NIFES), P.O. Box 2029 Nordnes, 5817 Bergen, Norway
2Department of Molecular Biology, University of Bergen, 5020 Bergen, Norway
Received 6 January 2012; Accepted 29 February 2012
Academic Editor: Marcelo Farina
Copyright © 2012 O. J. Nøstbakken et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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