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Hames, C.A.C., Hopkin, S.P. Assimilation and loss of109Cd and65Zn by the terrestrial isopodsOniscus asellus andPorcellio scaber . Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 47, 440–447 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01702208
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