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Mutagenicity of air pollutants collected at industrial, urban-residential and rural areas

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  1. Public Health Institute of Hyogo Prefecture, Arata-cho 2-1, Hyogo-ku, 652, Kobe, Japan

    Nobuyuki Takeda, Kiyoshi Teranishi & Kohkichi Hamada

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Takeda, N., Teranishi, K. & Hamada, K. Mutagenicity of air pollutants collected at industrial, urban-residential and rural areas. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 32, 688–692 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01607557

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