Cancer in beluga from the St. Lawrence estuary.

Martineau et al. (2002) reported that St. Lawrence beluga (SLB) have high cancer rates. Unfortunately, errors in their interpretation of the data have led them to overstate the importance of cancer and its links to environmental sources.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hammill, Mike O, Lesage, Véronique, Kingsley, Michael C S
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2003
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Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1241373
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12573920
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Summary:Martineau et al. (2002) reported that St. Lawrence beluga (SLB) have high cancer rates. Unfortunately, errors in their interpretation of the data have led them to overstate the importance of cancer and its links to environmental sources.