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Zaman, K., Pardini, R.S. An insect model for assessing arsenic toxicity: Arsenic elevated glutathione content in the Musca domestica and Trichoplusia ni . Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 55, 845–852 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00209463
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