Chapter 15 Persistent Organic Pollutants in Singapore's Marine Environment

Developments in Environmental Science

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages 657-720

  Obbard, Jeffrey Philip ^a   Wurl, Oliver ^a   Bayen, Stéphane ^a  

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DOI: 10.1016/S1474-8177(07)07015-5     Document Type: Review

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