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Risk Communications: Around the World

Ecological Risk Assessment of DDT Accumulation in Aquatic Organisms of Taihu Lake, China

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Pages 819-834 | Received 12 Jul 2007, Accepted 04 Dec 2007, Published online: 25 Jul 2008

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