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Environmental Chemistry/Technology

Organochlorine pesticide and polychlorinated biphenyl residues in human milk from Tabriz, Iran

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Pages 1455-1468 | Received 01 Nov 2008, Accepted 08 Jan 2009, Published online: 23 Nov 2009

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