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Comparison of the promutagenic activity of liver homogenates from fish and rat in the Ames test

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  1. Laboratory of Health Science, Shizuoka College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 422, Shizuoka, Japan

    Mitsuko Yamashita, Naohide Kinae & Isao Tomita

  2. Laboratory of Viral Oncology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, 464, Nagoya, Japan

    Ikuo Kimura

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Yamashita, M., Kinae, N., Tomita, I. et al. Comparison of the promutagenic activity of liver homogenates from fish and rat in the Ames test. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 38, 565–570 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01608587

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