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Electron-Donor or Electron-Acceptor Properties and Carcinogenic Activity of Organic Molecules

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    A. C. ALLISON

  2. Air Pollution Research Unit, St. Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College, London, E.C.1

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ALLISON, A., NASH, T. Electron-Donor or Electron-Acceptor Properties and Carcinogenic Activity of Organic Molecules. Nature 199, 469–471 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/199469a0

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