PCBs, dioxins, and furans: Human exposure and health effects

Handbook of Toxicology of Chemical Warfare Agents

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 245-253

  Loganathan, Bommanna G ^a   Masunaga, Shigeki ^b  

^a MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374484-5.00018-3     Document Type: Chapter

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