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Quantitative Ecological Risk Assessment of Industrial Accidents: The Case of Oil Ship Transportation in the Coastal Tropical Area of Northeastern Brazil

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Pages 1457-1476 | Received 19 May 2012, Published online: 08 Jul 2013

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