Invited Perspective: PFAS Effects on Brain Development-Are Microglia the Missing Link?

Overview

Journal Environ Health Perspect

Date 2023 Nov 15

PMID 37966803

Authors

Elizabeth C Plunk

Ania K Majewska

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