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Comment
. 2006 Aug;91(8):627-8.
doi: 10.1136/adc.2006.095059.

Protecting our unborn children: how to measure exposure to thousands of chemicals?

J Tuomisto  1
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Protecting our unborn children: how to measure exposure to thousands of chemicals?

J Tuomisto. Arch Dis Child. 2006 Aug.

Abstract

First perspective on the paper by Ortega García et al (see page 642)

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