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Horvat, M. (2005). Determination of Mercury and its Compounds in Water, Sediment, Soil and Biological Samples. In: Pirrone, N., Mahaffey, K.R. (eds) Dynamics of Mercury Pollution on Regional and Global Scales:. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-24494-8_8

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