Chapter 7 Persistent Organic Pollutants in Hong Kong

Developments in Environmental Science

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages 313-373

  Ma, Stephanie W Y ^a   Yang, Ron R ^a  

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DOI: 10.1016/S1474-8177(07)07007-6     Document Type: Review

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