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Comparative toxicity of methanol and N,N-dimethylformamide to freshwater fish and invertebrates

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  1. Center for Lake Superior Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin-Superior, 54880, Superior, WI

    S. H. Poirier & L. T. Brooke

  2. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 6201 Congdon Boulevard, 55804, Duluth, MN

    M. L. Knuth

  3. 819 17th Street, 38314, Coeur d'Alene, ID

    C. D. Anderson-Buchou

  4. 3841 Amber Lane, 53531, Deerfield, WI

    A. R. Lima

  5. Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arizona Medical Center, 85724, Tucson, AZ

    P. J. Shubat

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Poirier, S.H., Knuth, M.L., Anderson-Buchou, C.D. et al. Comparative toxicity of methanol and N,N-dimethylformamide to freshwater fish and invertebrates. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 37, 615–621 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01607812

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