Contamination and impact of organotin compounds on the Brazilian coast

Pollution Monitoring

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 31-59

  Dos Santos, Dayana Moscardi ^a   Sant'Anna, Bruno Sampaio ^b   Locateli Godoi, Ana Flávia ^c   Turra, Alexander ^a   De Marchi, Mary Rosa Rodrigues ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

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