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Xenobiotica
the fate of foreign compounds in biological systems
Volume 24, 1994 - Issue 3
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Original Article

Bromobenzene detoxification in the human liver-derived HepG2 cell line

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Pages 265-279 | Received 08 Jun 1993, Published online: 27 Aug 2009

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