Scoping a Public Health Impact Assessment of Aquaculture with Particular Reference to Tilapia in the UK
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1Occupational and Environmental Health Research Group, Centre for Public Health and Population Health Research, University of Stirling, Scotland, Stirling FK9 4LA, UK 2 Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, Scotland, Stirling FK9 4LA, UK 3Stirling Management School, University of Stirling, Scotland, Stirling FK9 4LA, UK 4 Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Scotland, Glasgow G12 9LX, UK 5Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, University of Toronto, ON, Canada M1C 1A4
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