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Letter to the editor: Re: “Herbicide biomonitoring in agricultural workers in Valle del Mayo, Sonora Mexico” by Balderrama-Carmona et al. (2019) in Environ Sci Pollut Res Int (https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-019-07087-6)

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Kougias, D.G. Letter to the editor: Re: “Herbicide biomonitoring in agricultural workers in Valle del Mayo, Sonora Mexico” by Balderrama-Carmona et al. (2019) in Environ Sci Pollut Res Int (https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-019-07087-6). Environ Sci Pollut Res 27, 17429–17433 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-08388-x

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