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Khangarot, B.S., Ray, P.K. Acute toxicity and toxic interaction of chromium and nickel to common guppyPoecilia reticulata (Peters). Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 44, 832–839 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01702171
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