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Toxicity of the pyrethroid insecticides cypermethrin and WL85871 to the earthworm,Eisenia foetida savigny

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    Christopher Inglesfield

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Inglesfield, C. Toxicity of the pyrethroid insecticides cypermethrin and WL85871 to the earthworm,Eisenia foetida savigny. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 33, 568–570 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01625585

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