Neutral Poly-/perfluoroalkyl Substances in Air and Snow from the Arctic

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Xie, Zhiyong ^a   Wang, Zhen ^a,b   Mi, Wenying ^a   Möller, Axel ^a   Wolschke, Hendrik ^a   Ebinghaus, Ralf ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING CENTER   (China)

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EID: 84924404456     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep08912     Document Type: Article

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