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Organochlorine residues in the adipose tissue of the population of Navarra (Spain)

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  1. Department of Legal Medicine and Toxicology, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Casanova 143, E-08036, Barcelona, Spain

    J. Gómez-Catalán, M. Lezaun, J. To-Figueras & J. Corbella

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Gómez-Catalán, J., Lezaun, M., To-Figueras, J. et al. Organochlorine residues in the adipose tissue of the population of Navarra (Spain). Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 54, 534–540 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00192596

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