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Prenatal exposure to neurotoxicants and neurodevelopment in Mexican neonates

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Rooney, J., Dórea, J. Prenatal exposure to neurotoxicants and neurodevelopment in Mexican neonates. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 22, 425–426 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/jes.2012.48

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