Human Carcinogenic Risk Evaluation, Part V: The National Toxicology Program Vision for Assessing the Human Carcinogenic Hazard of Chemicals
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عنوان ژورنال: Toxicological Sciences
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1096-0929
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfh293