Immune response in mussels to environmental pollution

American Biology Teacher

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 328-330

  Pryor, Stephen C ^a   Facher, Evan ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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EID: 0031286496     PISSN: 00027685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4450323     Document Type: Article

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