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Xenobiotica
the fate of foreign compounds in biological systems
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Structural and functional integrity of precision-cut liver slices in xenobiotic metabolism: a comparison of the dynamic organ and multiwell plate culture procedures

Pages 11-25 | Published online: 22 Sep 2008

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