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Research Articles

Simultaneous Determination of 79 Polar and Non-Polar Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds in Airborne Particulate Matter by Gas Chromatography – Tandem Mass Spectrometry

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Pages 8841-8860 | Received 31 Aug 2022, Accepted 25 Nov 2022, Published online: 09 Dec 2022

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