Fluoride exposure and selected characteristics of eggs and bones of the herring gull (Larus argentatus) and the common gull (Larus canus)

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 190-198

  Vikøren, Turid ^a   Stuve, Gudbrand ^a  

^a Central Veterinary Laboratory   (Norway)

Author keywords

Birds; Bone; Egg; Fluoride emissions; Fluorine; Laridae; Larus argentatus; Larus canus

Indexed keywords

AVES; CLUPEA HARENGUS; LARIDAE; LARUS ARGENTATUS; LARUS CANUS;

ALUMINUM; FLUORIDE; FLUORINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; EGG SHELL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FEMUR; MALE; METALLURGY; NORWAY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ALUMINUM; ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; EGG SHELL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FEMUR; FLUORIDES; FLUORINE; MALE; METALLURGY; NORWAY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0030117019     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-32.2.190     Document Type: Article

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