Persistant organic pollutants (POPs) in Jordanian human milk

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 118-124

  Alawi, Mahmoud A ^a   Fayyad, Manar K ^a   Al Aqqad, Sana' ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Human milk; Jordan; POPs

Indexed keywords

BREASTFEEDING; MILK; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB;

JORDANIA;

EID: 32644438119     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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