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Toxicity of a new pyrethroid insecticide, WL85871, to rainbow trout

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Shires, S.W. Toxicity of a new pyrethroid insecticide, WL85871, to rainbow trout. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 34, 134–137 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01609714

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