Good for your heart but bad for your baby?

Bambrick, Hilary J; Kjellström, Tord E

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb06171.x

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Risks to the fetus make it imperative that revised guidelines for fish consumption are clear and reach those most likely to be affected

1 National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT.
2 Department of Public Health Science,The National Institute of Public Health, Stockholm, Sweden

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