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CHLORINATED INSECTICIDES: FATE IN AQUEOUS SUSPENSIONS CONTAINING MOSQUITO LARVAE

M C BOWMAN, F ACREE, C S LOFGREN

    Science (New York, N.Y.)
    |December 11, 1964
    PubMed

    Keywords:
    ANOPHELESBENZENE HEXACHLORIDEBIOLOGICAL ASSAYCHLORDANDDTDIELDRINEXPERIMENTAL LAB STUDYINSECTICIDESMETABOLISM

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