Assessment of edible marine species in the adriatic sea for contamination from polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine insecticides

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1144-1149

  Perugini, Monia ^a   Giammarino, Angelo ^a   Olivieri, Vincenzo ^b   Di Nardo, William ^b   Amorena, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

^b ASL Pescara   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOPODA; CRUSTACEA; SCOMBER SCOMBRUS;

EID: 33646471957     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-69.5.1144     Document Type: Article

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