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Dutta, H.M., Adhikari, S., Singh, N.K. et al. Histopathological changes induced by malathion in the liver of a freshwater catfish, Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch). Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 51, 895–900 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00198287
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