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Concise International Chemical Assessment Document 26

BENZOIC ACID AND SODIUM BENZOATE
Note that the pagination and layout ofthis pdf file are not identical to those of the printed CICAD Corrigenda published by 12 April 2005 have been incorporated in this file First draft prepared by Dr A. Wibbertmann, Dr J. Kielhorn, Dr G. Koennecker, Dr I. Mangelsdorf, and Dr C. Melber, Fraunhofer Institute for Toxicology and Aerosol Research, Hanover, Germany

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