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Bryan, A.M., Stone, W.B. & Olafsson, P.G. Disposition of toxic PCB congeners in snapping turtle eggs: Expressed as toxic equivalents of TCDD. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 39, 791–796 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01855856
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