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The Effects of Polychlorinated Biphenyls on Birds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2007

G. F. Combs Jr.  and
M. L. Scott
G. F. Combs Jr.
Affiliation:
Department of Poultry Science and Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853
M. L. Scott
Affiliation:
Department of Poultry Science and Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853
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World's Poultry Science Journal , Volume 33 , Issue 1 , February 1977 , pp. 31 - 46
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