Manganese in gasoline: Are we repeating history?

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Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 17-25

  Solomon, Gina M ^a   Huddle, Annette M ^a   Silbergeld, Ellen K ^a   Herman, Joseph ^a  

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EID: 32644457398     PISSN: 10482911     EISSN: 15413772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/NS7.2.e     Document Type: Article

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