Blood lead concentrations in marine mammals validate estimates of 102- to 103-fold increase in human blood lead concentrations

Environmental Research

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 134-139

  Owen, Benjamin D ^a   Russell Flegal, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood lead; Lead; M. angustirostris; Marine mammals; Stable lead isotopes

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTAMINATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE; HUMAN CELL; MAMMAL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAL;

ANIMALIA; ELEPHANT; MAMMALIA; MIROUNGA ANGUSTIROSTRIS; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 0032146146     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.1997.3809     Document Type: Article

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