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Review Articles

Dialkyl phosphates as biomarkers of organophosphates: The current divide between epidemiology and clinical toxicology

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Pages 771-781 | Received 22 Aug 2011, Accepted 13 Sep 2011, Published online: 14 Nov 2011

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