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Original Articles

The effect of phenobarbital pretreatment on the metabolism, covalent binding, and cytotoxicity of aflatoxin B1 in primary cultures of rat hepatocytes

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Pages 145-159 | Received 18 May 1983, Accepted 14 Sep 1983, Published online: 19 Oct 2009

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