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Original Articles

Occurrence and risk assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the Hanjiang River Basin and the Danjiangkou Reservoir, China

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Pages 1183-1196 | Received 23 Nov 2015, Accepted 26 Jan 2016, Published online: 18 Apr 2016

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