Large-scale projects in the amazon and human exposure to mercury: The case-study of the Tucuruí Dam.

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  2018

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  Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

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  Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2017.08.048PMID 28858702
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