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Sensitivity of freshwater pulmonate snails,Lymnaea luteola L., to heavy metals

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  1. Preventive Toxicology Division, Industrial Toxicology Research Centre, Mahatma Gandhi Marg, Post Box No. 80, 226 001, Lucknow, India

    B. S. Khangarot & P. K. Ray

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Khangarot, B.S., Ray, P.K. Sensitivity of freshwater pulmonate snails,Lymnaea luteola L., to heavy metals. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 41, 208–213 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01705432

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