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DISCUSSION
Pages 182-184

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... DISCUSSION The results just discussed do not provide strong evidence of the existence of supercarcinogens. Of the 14 chemicals considered as potential supercarcinogens, only five fall inside Region C; even these five are only slightly beyond the boundary separating regions B and C
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... Please use the print version of this publication as the authoritative version for attribution. APPENDIX G potency and the weaker the general relationship between potency and toxicity.
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... Please use the print version of this publication as the authoritative version for attribution.APPENDIX G 184
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