Transboundary pollution: Persistent organochlorine pesticides in migrant birds of the southwestern United States and Mexico

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 3-11

  Mora, Miguel A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DDE; Mexico; Migratory birds; Organochlorine pesticides; Southwestern United States

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; CHLORPHENOTANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; BIRD; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MEXICO; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ANATIDAE; ARDEIDAE; AVES; CICONIIFORMES; FALCO PEREGRINUS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; NYCTICORAX NYCTICORAX; PEREGRINUS; PLEGADIS CHIHI;

EID: 0031030984     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1997)016<0003:TPPOPI>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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