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Maternal toxicity of methacrylonitrile in Sprague-Dawley rats

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  1. Division of Environmental Toxicology, Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Texas Pan American, 78539, Edinburg, Texas, USA

    Mohammed Y. H. Farooqui & Maria I. Villarreal

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Farooqui, M.Y.H., Villarreal, M.I. Maternal toxicity of methacrylonitrile in Sprague-Dawley rats. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 48, 696–700 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00195989

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