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Z Guo1, J J Jetter, J A McBrian

  • 1US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA.

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
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