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Levels of organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in human milk and serum collected from lactating mothers in the northern adriatic area of Yugoslavia

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Krauthacker, B. Levels of organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in human milk and serum collected from lactating mothers in the northern adriatic area of Yugoslavia. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 46, 797–802 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01689721

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