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the fate of foreign compounds in biological systems
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Research Article

Extent and implications of interspecies differences in the intestinal hydrolysis of certain glucuronide conjugates

E. M. Kenyon Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology, 6 Davis Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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E. J. Calabrese School of Public Health, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 01003, USA
Pages 373-381 | Received 14 Mar 1992, Accepted 22 Oct 1992, Published online: 22 Sep 2008

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