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Immunity of PCB transplacental Yu-Cheng children in Taiwan

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    Shou Jen Lan, Yea Yin Yen, Eng Rin Chen & Ying Chin Ko

  2. Division of Clinical Immunology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan Republic of China

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Lan, S.J., Yen, Y.Y., Lan, J.L. et al. Immunity of PCB transplacental Yu-Cheng children in Taiwan. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 44, 224–229 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01700140

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