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Carcinogenicity of hexavalent chromium

A L Holmes1, S S Wise, J P Wise

  • 1Wise Laboratory of Environmental & Genetic Toxicology, Maine Center for Toxicology & Environmental Health, University of Southern Maine, 96 Falmouth St., Portland, ME 04104, USA.

The Indian Journal of Medical Research
|December 25, 2008
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