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Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 790792, 9 pages
Clearance of Free Silica in Rat Lungs by Spraying with Chinese Herbal Kombucha
1Tropical Crops Genetic Resources Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Hainan 571737, China
2Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Institute for Chemical Toxicity Testing, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Academy for the Prevention and Treatment of Occupational Disease, Guangxi 530021, China
Received 25 March 2013; Accepted 4 June 2013
Academic Editor: Tzeng-Ji Chen
Copyright © 2013 Nai-fang Fu 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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