Elevated lead concentrations in edible portions of game birds harvested with lead shot

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 102, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 251-257

  Scheuhammer, A M ^a   Perrault, J A ^a   Routhier, E ^a   Braune, B M ^a   Campbell, G D ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dietary exposure; Game birds; Hunting; Lead; Muscle; Waterfowl

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000517963     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0269-7491(98)00083-9     Document Type: Article

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