Chapter 11 Persistent Organic Pollutants in Vietnam: Levels, Patterns, Trends, and Human Health Implications

Developments in Environmental Science

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages 515-555

  Minh, Tu Binh ^a   Minh, Nguyen Hung ^a   Iwata, Hisato ^a   Takahashi, Shin ^a   Viet, Pham Hung ^a   Tuyen, Bui Cach ^a   Tanabe, Shinsuke ^a  

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EID: 44349119168     PISSN: 14748177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-8177(07)07011-8     Document Type: Review

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