Porphyria in herring gulls: A biochemical response to chemical contamination of great lakes food chains

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 1988, Pages 831-839

  Fox, Glen A ^a   Norstrom, Ross J ^a   Wigfield, Donald C ^b   Kennedy, Sean W ^a,b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological marker; Great Lakes; Polyhalogenated aromatic hydrocarbons; Porphyria Herring gull

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000586104     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620071005     Document Type: Article

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