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Plastic bags for stable storage of the water-soluble fraction of crude petroleum used in aquatic environment toxicity and tainting studies

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Heras, H., Zhou, S. & Ackman, R.G. Plastic bags for stable storage of the water-soluble fraction of crude petroleum used in aquatic environment toxicity and tainting studies. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 55, 597–602 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00196041

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