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Ho, Y.B., Tai, K.M. Potential use of a roadside fern (Pteris vittata) to biomonitor Pb and other aerial metal deposition. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 35, 430–438 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01636534
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