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Environmental Bioindicators Volume 4, 2009 - Issue 4: Selenium as a Bioindicator of Susceptibility to Mercury Exposures, Part 2
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An XAFS Investigation of Mercury and Selenium in Beluga Whale Tissues

Frank E. Huggins Consortium for Fossil Fuel Science and Department of Chemical & Materials Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Stephen A. Raverty Animal Health Center, Abbotsford, BC, Canada
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Ole S. Nielsen Central & Arctic Region, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Winnipeg, Canada
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Nicholas E. Sharp Department of Chemistry & Research Reactor, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA
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J. David Robertson Department of Chemistry & Research Reactor, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA
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Nicholas V.C. Ralston Energy & Environmental Research Center, University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND, USA
Pages 291-302 | Published online: 09 Dec 2009

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