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Research Article

Levels of PCDDs/PCDFs in waste incineration ash of some Jordanian hospitals using GC/MS

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Pages 1308-1317 | Received 09 Jul 2019, Accepted 10 Nov 2019, Published online: 03 Dec 2019

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