The Hudson River: A Case Study of PCB Contamination

Water and Sanitation-Related Diseases and the Environment: Challenges, Interventions, and Preventive Measures

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 303-327

  Carpenter, David O ^a   Welfinger Smith, Gretchen ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish consumption, PCBs in humans; Harming wildlife, humans; Hudson River, PCB contamination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886345891     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118148594.ch25     Document Type: Chapter

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