**Acknowledgements**

This work was conducted under National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Child Health Contract GS-23F-8144H, Order HHSN275201300092U. The authors wish to thank Roslyn Hennessey for initial screening review of articles identified by the literature search, and Barbara Beard for the review of storage stability considerations.

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Susan Marie Viet1

1 Westat, Rockville, MD, USA

\*, Maire S.A. Heikkinen2

3 Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering, Baltimore, MD, USA

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2 Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA

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and Michael Dellarco3

*Considerations for Stability of Environmental Samples in Storage for Long-Term Studies*

*DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.97445*

*Considerations for Stability of Environmental Samples in Storage for Long-Term Studies DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.97445*
