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Morfeld, P. Comment on Slama R, Cyrys J, Herbarth O, Wichmann H-E, Heinrich J. saying: “The authors did not wish to reply, given Dr. Morfeld’s persistence in refusing to fill in the conflict of interest statement and in misleadingly quoting parts of the sentences of our publications”. Arch Toxicol 83, 645–646 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00204-009-0448-5
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