Risk assessment of non-dioxin-like PCBs - Report on a WHO-consultation

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 268-275

  Appel, Klaus E ^a,b  

^a Fed Inst Hlth Protect Consumers   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PCB; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0037648668     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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