Congener Specific Profiles and Exposure Pathways of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) in Breast Milk of Chuncheon Area |
We, Sung-Ug
(Department of Environmental Engineering, Kyungnam University)
Baek, In-Cheon (Department of Environmental Engineering, Kyungnam University) Park, Sang-Ah (Department of Environmental Engineering, Kyungnam University) Kang, Seong-Hoon (Department of Environmental Engineering, Kyungnam University) Cho, Yu-Jin (Department of Environmental Engineering, Kyungnam University) Cho, Bong-Hui (Department of Environmental Engineering, Kyungnam University) Yoon, Cho-Hee (Department of Environmental Engineering, Kyungnam University) Kim, Ki-Ho (Center for Instrumental Analysis, Kyungnam University) Min, Byung-Yoon (Department of Environmental Engineering, Kyungnam University) |
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