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Selenium mediated reduction of the toxicity expression of cigarette smoke condensate inPhotobacterium phosphoreum

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  1. Toxicology and Biological Constituents Research Unit, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, R. B. Russell Agricultural Research Center, P.O. Box 5677, 30613, Athens, GA

    I. E. Yates & J. L. Lanier

  2. Tobacco Safety Research Unit, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, R. B. Russell Agricultural Research Center, P.O. Box 5677, 30613, Athens, GA

    O. T. Chortyk

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Yates, I.E., Chortyk, O.T. & Lanier, J.L. Selenium mediated reduction of the toxicity expression of cigarette smoke condensate inPhotobacterium phosphoreum . Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 36, 278–285 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01623508

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