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Original Articles

Waste Crankcase Oil: An Environmental Contaminant with Potential to Modulate Estrogenic Responses

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Pages 1081-1094 | Received 01 Sep 2003, Accepted 01 Feb 2004, Published online: 12 Aug 2010

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