Relation of lead exposure to sediment ingestion in mute swans on the Chesapeake Bay, USA

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2298-2301

  Beyer, W Nelson ^a   Day, Daniel ^a   Morton, Anna ^a   Pachepsky, Yakov ^b  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Copper; Metals; Risk assessment; Waterfowl

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BARIUM; BORON; CADMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; METAL; NICKEL; STRONTIUM; VANADIUM; ZINC;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOWL; INGESTION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; WILDLIFE;

ANATIDAE; ANIMALIA; ANSERIFORMES; CYGNUS; CYGNUS OLOR; GALLIFORMES; OLOR; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031730087     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1998)017<2298:ROLETS>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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