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Cytotoxicity of aflatoxin on red blood corpuscles

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Verma, R.J., Raval, P.J. Cytotoxicity of aflatoxin on red blood corpuscles. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 47, 428–432 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01702206

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