New approaches for monitoring the marine environment: the case of antifouling paints

International Journal of Environment and Health

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 427-448

  Fernandez, M A ^a   Pinheiro, F M ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

analytical methods; antifouling paints; ecotoxicology

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956339577     PISSN: 17434955     EISSN: 17434963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJENVH.2007.017875     Document Type: Article

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