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Somasundaram, L., Coats, J.R., Racke, K.D. et al. Application of the microtox system to assess the toxicity of pesticides and their hydrolysis metabolites. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 44, 254–259 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01700144
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