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Medeiros, D.M., Pellum, L.K. Elevation of cadmium, lead, and Zinc in the hair of adult black female hypertensives. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 32, 525–532 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01607532
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