High prevalences of lead poisoning in wintering waterfowl in Spain

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 342-347

  Mateo, R ^a   Belliure, J ^b   Dolz, J C ^b   Aguilar Serrano, J M ^b   Guitart, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b El Saler   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD POISONING; WATERFOWL; WETLANDS;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FOWL; LEAD POISONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SPAIN;

SPAIN;

ANAS CLYPEATA; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANATIDAE; ANIMALIA; ANSER; ANSER ANSER; AVES; AYTHYA FERINA; GALLIFORMES; PLATYRHYNCHOS; VALENCIA;

EID: 0031869822     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002449900385     Document Type: Article

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