Residual Concentration of PAHs in Seafood from Hormozgan Province, Iran: Human Health Risk Assessment for Urban Population
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Environmental Science and Development
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2010-0264
DOI: 10.7763/ijesd.2013.v4.379