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Risk Communications: Around the World

Analysis and Human Health Risk Assessment of Arsenic, Cadmium, and Mercury in Manta Birostris (Manta Ray) Caught Along the Ghanaian Coastline

Pages 985-998 | Received 26 Jul 2008, Accepted 11 Nov 2008, Published online: 12 Feb 2010

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