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Egg mortality of lake geneva charr (Salvelinus alpinus L.) contaminated by PCB and DDT derivatives

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  1. Laboratoire d'Ecotoxicologie, I.N.R.A., Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Lyon, B.P. 31, 69752, Charbonnières Cédex, France

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Monod, G. Egg mortality of lake geneva charr (Salvelinus alpinus L.) contaminated by PCB and DDT derivatives. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 35, 531–536 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01636550

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