Global environmental distribution and human health effects of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Global Contamination Trends of Persistent Organic Chemicals

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 97-126

  Ramesh, Aramandla ^a   Archibong, Anthony E ^a   Hood, Darryl B ^a   Guo, Zhongmao ^a   Loganathan, Bommanna G ^b  

^a MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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