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Xenobiotica
the fate of foreign compounds in biological systems
Volume 26, 1996 - Issue 10
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Original Article

S-methylation of diethyldithiocarbamic acid in rat liver microsomes

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Pages 1025-1033 | Received 18 Mar 1996, Published online: 27 Aug 2009

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