Perfluoroalkyl acids: recent activities and research progress
1Reproductive Toxicology Division, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, Mail Drop 67, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, United States.
Reproductive Toxicology (Elmsford, N.Y.)
|May 12, 2009
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