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Xenobiotica
the fate of foreign compounds in biological systems
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Original Article

Central role of radical cations in metabolic activation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

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Pages 677-688 | Received 12 Nov 1994, Published online: 27 Aug 2009

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