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Original Article

Smoking as a Determinant of High Organochlorine Levels in Greenland

Bente Deutch Aarhus University Centre of Arctic Environmental Medicine Aarhus, Denmark
,
Henning Sloth Edersen Primary Health Care Clinic Nuuk, Greenland
,
Eva C. Bonefeld Jøsrgensen Aarhus University Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine Aarhus, Denmark
&
Jens C. Hansen Aarhus University Centre of Arctic Environmental Medicine Aarhus, Denmark
Pages 30-36 | Published online: 07 Aug 2010

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