Is there a need to revise health Canada's human PCB guidelines?

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 407-411

  Liberda, Eric N ^a   Tsuji, Leonard J S ^a   Wainman, Bruce C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aroclor ; Guideline; Polychrolinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

EID: 36049044385     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405429     Document Type: Article

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