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Letter to the Editor

Letter to the editor regarding a study of the routes of contamination by lead and cadmium in Santo Amaro, Brazil

Pages 2903-2904 | Received 14 Sep 2012, Accepted 18 Mar 2013, Published online: 22 May 2013

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