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Organochlorine contaminants in common tern (Sterna hirundo) eggs and young from the river Rhine area (France)

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  1. Pesticide Program, School of Environmental Sciences, Heredia National University, San Jose, Costa Rica

    L. Castillo

  2. National Institute of Environment and Industrial Risk, Alata Technological Park, Postal Box no. 2, F-60550, Verneuil-en-Halatte, France

    E. Thybaud

  3. Laboratory of Ecology and Zoology, University of Paris-Sud, F-91405, Orsay Cedex, France

    T. Caquet & F. Ramade

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Castillo, L., Thybaud, E., Caquet, T. et al. Organochlorine contaminants in common tern (Sterna hirundo) eggs and young from the river Rhine area (France). Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 53, 759–764 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00196951

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