Persistent organic pollutants in Vietnam: Environmental contamination and human exposure

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 193, Issue , 2008, Pages 213-290

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

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^c NONG LAM UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DANGEROUS GOODS; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLLUTANT;

DANGEROUS GOODS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; VIET NAM;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; VIETNAM;

EID: 67449134217     PISSN: 01795953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-73163-6_4     Document Type: Article

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