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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-8947-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-8947-2014
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01 Sep 2014
Research article |  | 01 Sep 2014

Atmospheric occurrence, transport and deposition of polychlorinated biphenyls and hexachlorobenzene in the Mediterranean and Black seas

N. Berrojalbiz, J. Castro-Jiménez, G. Mariani, J. Wollgast, G. Hanke, and J. Dachs

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