Hepatic, renal, and adrenal toxicology

Toxicology of Reptiles

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 123-148

  McClellan Green, Patricia ^a   Celander, Malin ^b   Oberdörster, Eva ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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