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  1. Water Pollution Department, National Research Center, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt

    Mohamed I. Badawy & Firdaus T. Al-Harthy

  2. ME, P.O. Box 323, Muscat, Oman

    Firdaus T. Al-Harthy

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Badawy, M.I., Al-Harthy, F.T. Tar loads on Omani beaches. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 47, 732–737 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01701142

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