Risk assessment of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin equivalents in tissue samples from three species in the denver metropolitan area

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment (HERA)

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1087-1099

  Kemler, Katherine ^a   Jones, Paul D ^b   Giesy, John P ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dioxin equivalents; Risk assessment; Rocky Mountain Arsenal; TCDD; Tissue samples

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044522989     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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