High Levels of Organophosphate Flame Retardants in the Great Lakes Atmosphere

Environmental Science and Technology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 8-14

  Salamova, Amina ^a   Ma, Yuning ^a   Venier, Marta ^a   Hites, Ronald A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84969242613     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23288930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ez400034n     Document Type: Article

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