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Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health Volume 7, 1981 - Issue 3-4
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Toxicological properties of phosphorothioate and related esters present as impurities in technical organophosphorus insecticides

Noriharu Umetsu Division of Toxicology and Physiology, Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, California
,
N. Moorthy Mallipudi Division of Toxicology and Physiology, Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, California
,
Robert F. Toia Division of Toxicology and Physiology, Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, California
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Ralph B. March Division of Toxicology and Physiology, Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, California
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T. Roy Fukuto Division of Toxicology and Physiology, Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, California, 92521
Pages 481-497 | Received 26 Feb 1980, Accepted 26 Jul 1980, Published online: 15 Oct 2009

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