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DDT and its metabolites in western gull eggs from Southern California and Northwestern Baja California

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  1. Area de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, Apdo, Postal 219-B, La Paz, B.C.S., Mexico

    C. Jimenez-Castro

  2. Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, B.C. Apdo. Postal 2732, Ensenada, B.C., México

    E. Mellink

  3. Instituto de Investigaciones Oceanológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Apdo. Postal 423, Ensenada, B.C., Mexico

    J. Villaescusa-Celaya

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Jimenez-Castro, C., Mellink, E. & Villaescusa-Celaya, J. DDT and its metabolites in western gull eggs from Southern California and Northwestern Baja California. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 55, 374–381 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00206675

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