Chapter 6 Sources and Occurrence of Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Pearl River Delta, South China

Developments in Environmental Science

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages 289-311

  Zhang, Gan ^a   Li, Xiangdong ^a   Mai, Bixian ^a   Peng, Ping'an ^a   Ran, Yong ^a   Wang, Xinming ^a   Zeng, Eddy Y ^a   Sheng, Guoying ^a   Fu, Jiamo ^a  

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EID: 44349148687     PISSN: 14748177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-8177(07)07006-4     Document Type: Review

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