Mercury accumulation in mink fed fish collected from streams on the Oak Ridge Reservation

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 312-316

  Halbrook, R S ^a   Lewis, L A ^b   Aulerich, R I ^b   Bursian, S J ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; MERCURY; RIVER WATER;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DIETARY INTAKE; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEAVY METAL POISONING; MERCURIALISM; MINK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; DIET; FEMALE; FISHES; FRESH WATER; MERCURY; MINK; TENNESSEE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0030699936     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002449900258     Document Type: Article

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