Do PCBs cause eggshell thinning?

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 127-129

  Peakall, David B ^a   Lincer, Jeffrey L ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Sweetwater Environmental Biologists   (United States)

Author keywords

DDE; Eggshell; PCBs

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ARTICLE; BIRD; DUCK; EGG SHELL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; QUAIL;

FALCO PEREGRINUS; FALCO SPARVERIUS; PELECANUS OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 0030032305     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0269-7491(95)00012-G     Document Type: Article

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