Immunological biomarkers in ecotoxicology;Biomarqueurs immunologiques appliqués à l'é cotoxicologie

Bulletin de la Societe Zoologique de France

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 333-351

  Fournier, M ^a   Gauthier Clerc, S ^a   Pillet, S ^a   Brousseau, P ^a,b  

^a INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

^b Biophage Pharma Inc   (Canada)

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