Extractable Organohalogens (EOX) in Sediment and Biota Collected at an Estuarine Marsh near a Former Chloralkali Facility
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K U R U N T H A C H A L A M K A N N A N , * , † M A S A H I D E K A W A N O , ‡ Y U J I K A S H I M A , § M I T S U A K I M A T S U I , § A N D J O H N P . G I E S Y † National Food Safety and Toxicology Center, Department of Zoology, Institute of Environmental Toxicology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, Department of Environment Conservation, Ehime University, Tarumi 3-5-7, Matsuyama 790, Japan, and Department of Hygiene, School of Medicine, Yokohama City University, 3-9 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama 236, Japan
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