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Xenobiotica
the fate of foreign compounds in biological systems
Volume 24, 1994 - Issue 7
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Original Article

Xenobiotic oxidation during early pregnancy in man: Peroxidase catalysed chemical oxidation in conceptal tissues

P. Joseph Toxicology Program, Environmental and Occupational Health, College of Public Health, MDC 56, University of South Florida, 13201 Bruce B. Downs Boulevard, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA
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S. N. Srinivasan Toxicology Program, Environmental and Occupational Health, College of Public Health, MDC 56, University of South Florida, 13201 Bruce B. Downs Boulevard, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA
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A. P. Kulkarni Toxicology Program, Environmental and Occupational Health, College of Public Health, MDC 56, University of South Florida, 13201 Bruce B. Downs Boulevard, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA
Pages 583-590 | Received 02 Dec 1993, Published online: 27 Aug 2009

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