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Men With Intensive Occupational Exposure to DDT

A Clinical and Chemical Study

Edward R. Laws Jr. MD US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Toxicology Laboratory, National Communicable Disease Center, Bureau of Disease Prevention and Environmental Control, Public Health Service, Atlanta, 30333; Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore
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August Curley MS US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Toxicology Laboratory, National Communicable Disease Center, Bureau of Disease Prevention and Environmental Control, Public Health Service, Atlanta, 30333
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Frank J. Biros PhD US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Toxicology Laboratory, National Communicable Disease Center, Bureau of Disease Prevention and Environmental Control, Public Health Service, Atlanta, 30333; Pesticides Research Laboratory, Perrine, FL
Pages 766-775 | Received 01 May 1967, Accepted 02 May 1967, Published online: 29 Apr 2013

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