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Morphologic effects of DDT on nerve endings, neurosomes, and fiber types in voluntary muscles

E J CAREY, E M DOWNER

    Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine. Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (New York, N.Y.)
    |October 29, 2010
    PubMed
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    No abstract available in PubMed .

    Keywords:
    diCHLOROdiPHENYLtriCHLOROETHANE/effects

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