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

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Published in Sci Total Environ on November 16, 2005

Authors

J Van Oostdam1, S G Donaldson, M Feeley, D Arnold, P Ayotte, G Bondy, L Chan, E Dewaily, C M Furgal, H Kuhnlein, E Loring, G Muckle, E Myles, O Receveur, B Tracy, U Gill, S Kalhok

Author Affiliations

1: Environmental Contaminants Bureau, Safe Environments Program, Health Canada, Rm 4-046, BMO Building, 269 Laurier Avenue W., AL4904B, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1A 0K9. jay_van_oostdam@hc-sc.gc.ca

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