Predicting starling chick carcass PCB concentrations from PCB concentrations in ingested animal matter

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 548-553

  Arena, S M ^a   Halbrook, R S ^b   Arenal, C A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD QUALITY; PCB; PREDICTION;

ARTICLE; CARCASS; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CONTENT;

ANIMALS; AROCLOR 1254; BIRDS; BODY COMPOSITION; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GALLUS GALLUS; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 0032746774     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002449900551     Document Type: Article

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