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Monitoring of tar balls pollutants in the coasts of Egyptian Red Sea

Renee I. AbdallahEgyptian Petroleum Research Institute, Cairo, EgyptCorrespondence[email protected]
,
Nagla M. KhalilEgyptian Petroleum Research Institute, Cairo, Egypt
,
Soad Z. MohamedEgyptian Petroleum Research Institute, Cairo, Egypt
&
Mohamed I. RoushdyEgyptian Petroleum Research Institute, Cairo, Egypt
Pages 1556-1561 | Published online: 07 Oct 2016

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