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Mercury Human Exposure in Populations Living Around Lake Tana (Ethiopia)

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This study was supported by the Ionizing and Non-ionizing Radiation Protection Research Center (INIRPRC), Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (SUMS), Shiraz, Iran.

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  1. Medical Physics Department, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

    S. M. J. Mortazavi

  2. Ionizing and Non-ionizing Radiation Protection Research Center (INIRPRC), Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

    S. M. J. Mortazavi & Ghazal Mortazavi

  3. School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

    S. A. R. Mortazavi

  4. Oral and Dental Disease Research Center, School of Dentistry, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

    Maryam Paknahad

  5. Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology Department, School of Dentistry, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

    Maryam Paknahad

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Mortazavi, S.M.J., Mortazavi, G., Mortazavi, S.A.R. et al. Mercury Human Exposure in Populations Living Around Lake Tana (Ethiopia). Biol Trace Elem Res 176, 37–38 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12011-016-0809-x

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