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Cell culture systems andin vitro toxicity testing

Technical report no. 4 of the Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT): Technical workshop of June 13–15, 1990

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    Jack Lipman

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Lipman, J., Flint, O., Bradlaw, J. et al. Cell culture systems andin vitro toxicity testing. Cytotechnology 8, 129–176 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02525495

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