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Original Articles

Health Risk Assessment of an Industrial Site Contaminated With Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Using CalTOX, an Environmental Fate/Exposure Model

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Pages 81-104 | Received 20 Jun 1996, Accepted 17 Aug 1996, Published online: 24 Sep 2006

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