Progress in earthworm ecotoxicology

Advanced Environmental Monitoring

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 248-258

  Lee, Byung Tae ^a   Shin, Kyung Hee ^a   Kim, Ju Yong ^a   Kim, Kyoung Woong ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

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EID: 80455169908     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6364-0_19     Document Type: Chapter

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