A critique of the World Resources Institute's report "Pesticides and the immune system: the public health risks".

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Published in Environ Health Perspect on February 01, 1998

Authors

J Acquavella1, C Burns, D Flaherty, M Holsapple, I Kimber, G Ladics, S Loveless, A Tobia

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1: Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO 63167, USA.

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