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Original Articles

Evaluation of the OECD QSAR Application Toolbox and Toxtree for estimating the mutagenicity of chemicals. Part 1. Aromatic amines

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Pages 753-769 | Received 24 May 2010, Accepted 03 Sep 2010, Published online: 29 Nov 2010

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