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Inhalation Toxicology
International Forum for Respiratory Research
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Research Article

Exposure to allethrin-based mosquito coil smoke during gestation and postnatal development affects reproductive function in male offspring of rat

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Pages 374-385 | Received 25 May 2017, Accepted 25 Sep 2017, Published online: 17 Oct 2017

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