Global mercury emissions to the atmosphere
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N. Pirrone, S. Cinnirella, X. Feng, R. B. Finkelman, H. R. Friedli, J. Leaner, R. Mason, A. B. Mukherjee, G. B. Stracher, D. G. Streets, and K. Telmer CNR-Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research – Division of Rende, Rende, Italy State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang, China Geosciences Department, University of Texas, Dallas, USA National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, USA CSIR, Stellenbosch, South Africa Department of Marine Sciences, University of Connecticut, Hartford, USA Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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