title: Cancer in beluga from the St. Lawrence estuary.
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: Mike O
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Hammill
authors.forename: Véronique
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lesage
authors.forename: Michael C S
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Kingsley
mesh_terms: D000822:Animal Husbandry; D000818:Animals; D015994:Incidence; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009026:Mortality; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000662:veterinary*; D011157:Population Dynamics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012621:Seasons; D014873:Water Pollutants / Q000009:adverse effects; D014907:Whales
chemical_list: D014873:Water Pollutants