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Arsenic and trace metals in commercially important bivalves, Anadara granosa and Paphia undulata

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Mat, I. Arsenic and trace metals in commercially important bivalves, Anadara granosa and Paphia undulata . Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 52, 833–839 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00200691

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