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Xenobiotica
the fate of foreign compounds in biological systems
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Original Article

Prediction of the reactivities of cyclopenta-polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons by quantum mechanical methods

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Pages 263-275 | Received 28 Feb 1990, Accepted 10 Aug 1990, Published online: 27 Aug 2009

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