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Ecotoxicology of Organofluorous Compounds

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Murphy, M.B., Loi, E.I.H., Kwok, K.Y., Lam, P.K.S. (2011). Ecotoxicology of Organofluorous Compounds. In: Horváth, I. (eds) Fluorous Chemistry. Topics in Current Chemistry, vol 308. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/128_2011_273

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