Bioconcentration, bioaccumulation, and biomagnification of nitroaromatic and nitramine explosives in terrestrial systems

Ecotoxicology of Explosives

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 227-252

  Johnson, Mark S ^a   Salice, Christopher J ^a   Sample, Bradley E ^b   Robidoux, Pierre Yves ^c  

^a U S ARMY CENTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CH2M HILL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

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