Gaseous and soil OCPs and PCBs along the Indus River, Pakistan: spatial patterns and air-soil gradients

Muhammad Sohail1,2, Syed Ali Musstjab Akber Shah Eqani1, Shazia Ilyas3

  • 1Department of Biosciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Pakistan. alishah@comsats.edu.pk.

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