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  1. Center for the Research of Environmental and Occupational Diseases, National Taiwan University, College of Medicine, Institute of Public Health, No. 1 Section 1, Jen-Ai Rd, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

    Jung-Der Wang, Chang-Sheng Jang & Yaw-Huei Hwang

  2. National Taiwan University, College of Agriculture, Institute of Agriculture Chemistry, Taiwan, Republic of China

    Zueng-Sang Chen

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Wang, JD., Jang, CS., Hwang, YH. et al. Lead contamination around a kindergarten near a battery recycling plant. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 49, 23–30 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00193336

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