TCDD biomonitoring and exposure to Agent Orange: Still the gold standard

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 143-146

  Young, Alvin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TCDD;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 2942746449     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02979667     Document Type: Review

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