What you need to know about selenium

Ecological Assessment of Selenium in the Aquatic Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 7-45

  Young, Terry F ^j   Finley, Keith ^a   Adams, William J ^b   Besser, John ^c   Hopkins, William D ^d   Jolley, Dianne ^e   McNaughton, Eugenia ^f   Presser, Theresa S ^g   Shaw, D Patrick ^h   Unrine, Jason ⁱ  

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^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^f U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^g U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^h ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

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