Atmospheric formic acid from formicine ants: a preliminary assessment
By: T. E. Graedel and T. Eisner
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v40i5.15995 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889
Language: English
Page range: 335 - 339
Submitted on: Oct 29, 1987
Accepted on: May 6, 1988
Published on: Jan 1, 1988
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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© 1988 T. E. Graedel, T. Eisner, published by Stockholm University Press
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