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Original Articles

Assessment of seasonality in exposure to dioxins, furans and dioxin-like PCBs by using long-term food-consumption data

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Pages 502-512 | Received 10 Sep 2010, Accepted 09 Jan 2011, Published online: 16 Mar 2011

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