Exposure of aboriginals in British Columbia to methylmercury in freshwater fish: A comparison to reference doses and estimated thresholds

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment (HERA)

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 439-463

  Hoover, Sara M ^a,b   Hill, Ryan A ^a   Watson, Tom A ^a,b  

^a Triton Environmental Consultants Ltd   (Canada)

^b GOLDER ASSOCIATES LTD   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hydroelectric reservoir; Probabilistic exposure assessment; Reference dose

Indexed keywords

EID: 21744455824     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039709383698     Document Type: Article

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