Occurrence of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and seafood safety

Nutritional Insights and Food Safety

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 161-202

  Ramalhosaa, Maria João ^a,b   Morais, Simone ^a   Delerue Matos, Cristina ^a   Oliveira, Maria Beatriz Prior Pinto ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DO PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

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