Effect of abiotic factors and environmental concentrations on the bioaccumulation of persistent organic and inorganic compounds to freshwater fish and mussels
Teunen, L; De Jonge; Malarvannan, Get al.
2021 • In Science of the Total Environment, 799, p. 149448
Focant, Jean-François ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de chimie (sciences) > Chimie analytique, organique et biologique
Blust, R
Bervoets, L
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English
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Effect of abiotic factors and environmental concentrations on the bioaccumulation of persistent organic and inorganic compounds to freshwater fish and mussels
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