New bioindicators for mercury toxicological assessment: Recommendations from the first international bioindicators roundtable

Environmental Bioindicators

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 183-207

  Henshel, Diane ^a   Aschner, Micheal ^b   Basu, Niladri ^c   Bowerman, William ^d   Echeverria, Diana ^e   Gilbertson, Michael ^f   Ralston, Nicholas ^g   Rumbold, Darren ^h   Wolfe, Martine ⁱ  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^h FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34848867514     PISSN: 15555275     EISSN: 15555267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15555270701626422     Document Type: Conference Paper

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