Human health implications of environmental contaminants in Arctic Canada: a review.

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Published in Sci Total Environ on June 01, 1999

Authors

J Van Oostdam1, A Gilman, E Dewailly, P Usher, B Wheatley, H Kuhnlein, S Neve, J Walker, B Tracy, M Feeley, V Jerome, B Kwavnick

Author Affiliations

1: Health Canada, Bureau of Chemical Hazards, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

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