Organohalogen pollutants in seabird eggs from northern Norway and Svalbard

Global Contamination Trends of Persistent Organic Chemicals

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 547-569

  Helgason, Lisa Bjørnsdatter ^a   Sagerup, Kjetil ^a   Gabrielsen, Geir Wing ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

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