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Accumulation of Cadmium, Copper, Lead and Zinc in the Pacific Oyster, Crassostrea gigas, Collected from the Pearl River Estuary, Southern China

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The authors would like to thank Dr. Qiu and Dr. Gu Jidong for helpful comments on the manuscript. This study was supported by the Guangdong Province Natural Science Fund (No. 5300407).

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  1. Institute of Hydrobiology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, P. R. China

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  2. Institute of Environmental Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, P. R. China

    P. Y. Deng

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Liu, W., Deng, P.Y. Accumulation of Cadmium, Copper, Lead and Zinc in the Pacific Oyster, Crassostrea gigas, Collected from the Pearl River Estuary, Southern China. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 78, 535–538 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-007-9083-0

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