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Xenobiotica
the fate of foreign compounds in biological systems
Volume 25, 1995 - Issue 8
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Research Article

Xenobiotic metabolism in humans during early pregnancy: peroxidase-mediated oxidation and bioactivation of 2-aminofluorene

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Pages 799-810 | Received 18 Feb 1995, Published online: 22 Sep 2008

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