High fish-specific dioxin concentrations in Finland

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Volumn 355, Issue 9218, 2000, Pages 1883-1885

  Kiviranta, H ^a   Vartiainen, T ^a,c   Verta, M ^d   Tuomisto, J T ^a   Tuomisto, J ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b Dept of Pub Hlth and Gen Pract ^*  (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^d FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FINLAND; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034720588     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)02296-0     Document Type: Article

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