Interstudy and Intrastudy Temporal Trends of Polychlorinated Biphenyl, Pesticide, and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Concentrations in Air and Precipitation at a Rural Site in Ontario

Environmental Science and Technology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 226-230

  Liu, Liang Ying ^a   Salamova, Amina ^a   Hites, Ronald A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84969195073     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23288930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ez5000572     Document Type: Article

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