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Arsenic toxicity changes in the presence of sediment

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  1. Environmental Sciences Department, University of Texas at Dallas, 75080, Richardson, TX

    G. A. Burton Jr., J. M. Lazorchak, W. T. Waller & G. R. Lanza

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Burton, G.A., Lazorchak, J.M., Waller, W.T. et al. Arsenic toxicity changes in the presence of sediment. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 38, 491–499 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01606619

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