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Chronic dietary toxicity of methylmercury in the zebra finch,Poephila guttata

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Scheuhammer, A.M. Chronic dietary toxicity of methylmercury in the zebra finch,Poephila guttata . Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 40, 123–130 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01689398

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