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Evaluating the Acute Toxicity of Estrogen Hormones and Wastewater Effluents Using Vibrio fischeri

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Pages 1094-1108 | Received 10 Jun 2014, Accepted 14 Aug 2014, Published online: 10 Dec 2014

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