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Blastomogenic Effect of Dimethylnitrosamine on Pregnant Rats and their Offspring

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EMBRYOS are highly sensitive to the harmful action of different chemicals, and several groups of investigators have recently published new data on the long-term consequences resulting from the action of chemical carcinogens during embryogeny1–4.

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ALEXANDROV, V. Blastomogenic Effect of Dimethylnitrosamine on Pregnant Rats and their Offspring. Nature 218, 280–281 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/218280a0

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