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Chronic toxicity of environmental contaminants: sentinels and biomarkers.
Environmental health perspectives - 1 Feb 1997
LeBlanc G A, Bain L J
Abstract excerpt
Due to the use of a limited number of species and subchronic exposures, current ecological hazard assessment processes can underestimate the chronic toxicity of environmental contaminants resulting in adverse responses of sentinel species. Several incidences where sentinel species have responded to the effects of chronic exposure to ambient levels of environmental contaminants are discussed, including the...
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