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Environmental Review: Arctic Contaminants and Country Foods: Scientific and Indigenous Perspectives on Environmental Risks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 July 2009

Stephen Bocking*
Affiliation:
Environmental and Resource Studies Program, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario
*
Associate Professor, Environmental and Resource Studies Program, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, CanadaK9J 7B8; (fax) 705-748-1569; (e-mail) SBocking@ trentu.ca.
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