Health Risk of Coplanar Polychlorinated Biphenyl Congeners in Edible Fish from the Mediterranean Sea

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2176-2179

  Storelli, Maria M ^a   Giacominelli Stuffler, Roberto ^b   D'Addabbo, Rossana ^a   Marcotrigiano, Giuseppe O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

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EID: 0242657435     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-66.11.2176     Document Type: Article

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