Lead in Mammals

Environmental Contaminants in Biota: Interpreting Tissue Concentrations, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 595-608

  Ma, Wei Chun ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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DOI: 10.1201/b10598-18     Document Type: Chapter

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