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Oil contamination of polar bears

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

Andrew E. Derocher  and
Ian Stirling
Andrew E. Derocher
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaT6G 2E9
Ian Stirling
Affiliation:
Canadian Wildlife Service, 5320 122 Street, Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaT6H 3S5
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Polar Record , Volume 27 , Issue 160 , January 1991 , pp. 56 - 57
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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