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Risk Communications: Around the World

A Preliminary Human Health Risk Assessment of Organochlorine Pesticide Residues Associated with Aquatic Organisms from the Rangsit Agricultural Area, Central Thailand

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Pages 1086-1097 | Received 25 Aug 2007, Accepted 18 Dec 2007, Published online: 09 Oct 2008

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