Environmental specimen banking in Germany--present state and further challenges
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Biobank for Translational Medicine: Standard Operating Procedures for Optimal Sample Management
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H Emons1, J D Schladot, M J Schwuger
1Institute of Applied Physical Chemistry, Research Center of Jülich, Germany.
Chemosphere
|May 1, 1997
Abstract:
The program of the German Environmental Specimen Bank has been expanded recently and its current status is briefly described. Selected results which have been obtained during the long term permanent operation of this project since 1985 are presented. Moreover, further aspects of environmental data evaluation and assessment are discussed.
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