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Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) levels and distribution in Ethiope and Benin Rivers of the Niger Delta, Nigeria: surface water and sediments

Pages 491-504 | Accepted 26 Apr 2004, Published online: 26 Jan 2007

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