A Multi-Generation Sublethal Assay of Phenols Using the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans
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Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Ariake National College of Technology, 150 Higashi-hagio-machi, Omuta, Fukuoka 836–8585, Japan, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1–14 Bunkyo-machi, Nagasaki 852–8521, Japan, CREST, JST, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, 4–1–8 Honmachi, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332–0012, Japan, Department of Bio-environmental Research, Center for Interactive Bioscience, National Institute for Basic Biology, 5–1 Higashiyama Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi 444–8585, Japan, and Faculty of Environmental and Symbiotic Sciences, Kumamoto Prefectural University, 3–1–100 Tsukide, Kumamoto 862–8502, Japan
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