Chapter 8 Persistent Organic Pollutants in Waterbirds with Special Reference to Hong Kong and Mainland China

Developments in Environmental Science

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages 375-429

  Yeung, Leo W Y ^a   Wang, Yuan ^a   Cheung, Ka Shing ^a   Lam, Paul K S ^a  

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