Arctic contaminants and country foods: Scientific and indigenous perspectives on environmental risks

Environmental Practice

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 103-112

  Bocking, Stephen ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 23144433444     PISSN: 14660466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1466046600002325     Document Type: Article

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