A review of dimethylsulfoxide in aquatic environments

Atmosphere - Ocean

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 439-456

  Lee, Peter A ^a   De Mora, Stephen J ^a,b   Levasseur, Maurice ^c  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Monaco)

^c MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

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EID: 0033236484     PISSN: 07055900     EISSN: 14809214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07055900.1999.9649635     Document Type: Article

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