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Toxic potential of non-ortho and mono-ortho coplanar PCBs in commercial PCB preparations: “2,3,7,8-T4 CDD toxicity equivalence factors approach”

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    N. Kannan, S. Tanabe & R. Tatsukawa

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Kannan, N., Tanabe, S. & Tatsukawa, R. Toxic potential of non-ortho and mono-ortho coplanar PCBs in commercial PCB preparations: “2,3,7,8-T4 CDD toxicity equivalence factors approach”. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 41, 267–276 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01705441

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