Exposure of the population in Germany to polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE): Results of the INES study;Exposition der Bevölkerung in Deutschland gegenüber Polybromierten Diphenylethern (PBDE)

Umweltmedizin in Forschung und Praxis

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 307-324

  Fromme, Hermann ^a   Körner, Wolfgang ^a   Shahin, Nabil ^b   Wanner, Antonia ^a   Raab, Ulla ^a   Schwegler, Ursula ^a   Bolte, Gabriele ^a  

^a Sachgebiet Umweltmedizin ^*  (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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