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Science 7 January 1977:
Vol. 195. no. 4273, pp. 17 - 23
DOI: 10.1126/science.831254
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Flame-retardant additives as possible cancer hazards

A Blum and BN Ames

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Article topics:

  • Religious Studies..Death
  • Sociology..Gender Minorities
  • Engineering..Combustible Material


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