Mercury levels and its chemical form in tissues and organs of seabirds

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 259-266

  Kim, E Y ^a   Murakami, T ^a   Saeki, K ^a   Tatsukawa, R ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; DEMETHYLATION; DETOXIFICATION; FEATHER; KIDNEY; LIVER; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030049564     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00215806     Document Type: Article

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