Global distribution of PFOS and related chemicals

Global Contamination Trends of Persistent Organic Chemicals

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 593-628

  Yamashita, Nobuyoshi ^a   Yeung, Leo W Y ^b   Taniyasu, Sachi ^a   Kwok, Karen Y ^c   Petrick, Gert ^d   Gamo, Toshitaka ^e   Guruge, Keerthi S ^f   Lam, Paul K S ^c   Loganathan, Bommanna G ^g  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^g MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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