Amphibian models and approaches to immunotoxicology

Investigative Immunotoxicology

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 77-90

  Rollins Smith, Louise A ^a   Smits, Judit E G ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

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