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Srivastava, A.K., Srivastava, A.K. Effects of chlordecone on the gonads of freshwater catfish, Heteropneustes fossilis . Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 53, 186–191 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00192031
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