Influence of reduced dietary calcium on the accumulation and effects of lead, cadmium, and aluminum in birds

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 337-343

  Scheuhammer, A M ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Birds; Cadmium; Calcium; Lead; Metallothionein

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; LEAD; METALLOTHIONEIN; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIRD; CALCIUM INTAKE; DOVE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0030484647     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(96)00084-X     Document Type: Article

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