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Meserve, L.A., Murray, B.A. & Landis, J.A. Influence of maternal ingestion of aroclor 1254® (PCB) or firemaster BP-6® (PBB) on unstimulated and stimulated corticosterone levels in young rats. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 48, 715–720 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00195992
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