Health effects and risk assessment

Dynamics of Mercury Pollution on Regional and Global Scales: Atmospheric Processes and Human Exposures Around the World

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 511-538

  Grandjean, Philippe ^a,b   Cordier, Sylvaine ^c   Kjellström, Tord ^d,e,f   Weihe, Pal ^g   Jorgensen, Esben Budtz ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^g FAROESE HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (Faroe Islands)

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EID: 84887917005     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/0-387-24494-8_22     Document Type: Chapter

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