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DDT Residues in Adelie Penguins and A Crabeater Seal from Antarctica

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  1. Department of Pathobiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland

    WILLIAM J. L. SLADEN

  2. Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, Maryland

    C. M. MENZIE & W. L. REICHEL

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SLADEN, W., MENZIE, C. & REICHEL, W. DDT Residues in Adelie Penguins and A Crabeater Seal from Antarctica. Nature 210, 670–673 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/210670a0

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