Organochlorine contamination (PCBs and DDTs) in deep-sea fish from the Mediterranean sea.

Mar Pollut Bull

Pharmacological-Biological Department, Chemistry and Biochemistry Section, Medicine Veterinary Faculty, University of Bari, Strada Provinciale per Casamassima, Km 3, 70010 Valenzano, Bari, Italy.

Published: December 2007

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