Lead pellet ingestion in first nation cree of the Western James Bay Region of Northern Ontario, Canada: Implications for a nontoxic shot alternative

Ecosystem Health

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 54-61

  Tsuji, Leonard J S ^a   Nieboer, Evert ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREE PEOPLE; LEAD SHOT; PELLET INGESTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; WATERFOWL HUNTING;

CANADA, ONTARIO, JAMES BAY;

EID: 0030870270     PISSN: 10762825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-0992.1997.00706.pp.x     Document Type: Article

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