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Levels of organic pollutants in vegetables and human exposure through diet: a review. / Lü, Huixiong; Cai, Quan-Ying; Jones, Kevin C. et al.
In: Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, Vol. 44, No. 1, 2014, p. 1-33.

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Lü, H, Cai, Q-Y, Jones, KC, Zeng, Q-Y & Katsoyiannis, A 2014, 'Levels of organic pollutants in vegetables and human exposure through diet: a review', Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 44, no. 1, pp. 1-33. https://doi.org/10.1080/10643389.2012.710428

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Lü, H., Cai, Q-Y., Jones, K. C., Zeng, Q-Y., & Katsoyiannis, A. (2014). Levels of organic pollutants in vegetables and human exposure through diet: a review. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 44(1), 1-33. https://doi.org/10.1080/10643389.2012.710428

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Lü H, Cai Q-Y, Jones KC, Zeng Q-Y, Katsoyiannis A. Levels of organic pollutants in vegetables and human exposure through diet: a review. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology. 2014;44(1):1-33. Epub 2013 Mar 1. doi: 10.1080/10643389.2012.710428

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Lü, Huixiong ; Cai, Quan-Ying ; Jones, Kevin C. et al. / Levels of organic pollutants in vegetables and human exposure through diet : a review. In: Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology. 2014 ; Vol. 44, No. 1. pp. 1-33.

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