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Pollutants' role in birth defects becomes clearer

Levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons linked to neural tube defects.

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  1. Ren, A. et al. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. (2011) doi:10.1073/pnas.1105209108

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Sanderson, K. Pollutants' role in birth defects becomes clearer. Nature (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2011.423

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