Estimates of the inputs of polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine insecticides to the River Thames derived from the sediment record

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 355, Issue 1722, 1997, Pages 189-212

  Scrimshaw, M D ^a   Lester, J N ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 3142628602     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.1997.0005     Document Type: Article

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