Body burdens and tissue concentrations of organochlorines in polar bears (Ursus maritimus) vary during seasonal fasts.

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• Publication year

  2002

• Venue

  Environmental Pollution

• Publication date

  2002-06-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/S0269-7491(01)00278-0PMID 11996380
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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