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Consumer health risk assessment of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) in the Ecuadorian red mangrove crab. <i>Food Chemistry 492</i>: 145450. <a href=\"https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2025.145450\" target=\"_blank\">https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2025.145450</a>","BEntID":446985,"PublicFlag":1,"CheckedFlag":1,"wosflag":1,"vabbflag":1,"RefStringPartII":". <i>Food Chemistry 492</i>: 145450. <a href=\"https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2025.145450\" target=\"_blank\">https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2025.145450</a>","DocTypID":8,"DocType":"Journal article","MarineFlag":0,"FreshFlag":0,"BrackishFlag":0,"TerrestrialFlag":0,"Authorstring":"De Cock, A.; De Clercq, K.; Pensaert, E.; Groffen, T.; JACXSENS, L.; Dominguez-Granda, L.; Bervoets, L.; Goethals, P.","OrigTitleTranslFlag":0,"Authorstringtrunc":"De Cock, A. <i>et al.</i>","Englishabstract":"Anthropogenic pollutant accumulation is a concern in Ecuador's Guayas Estuary. 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