Distribution pattern and health risk assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the water and sediment of Algoa Bay, South Africa

Environmental Geochemistry and Health - Tập 41 Số 3 - Trang 1303-1320 - 2019
Abiodun Olagoke Adeniji1, Omobola O. Okoh1, Anthony I. Okoh1
1SAMRC, Microbial Water Quality Monitoring Centre, University of Fort Hare, Alice, 5700, South Africa

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