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Assessment of PAHs in water and fish tissues from Great Bitter and El Temsah lakes, Suez Canal, as chemical markers of pollution sources

Tarek O. Said National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Kayet Bay, Alexandria, EgyptCorrespondence[email protected]
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Nadia A. El Agroudy National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Suez, Egypt
Pages 159-173 | Received 05 Sep 2005, Published online: 25 Jan 2007

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