Concentrations of lead in liver, kidney, and bone of bald and golden eagles

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 267-272

  Wayland, M ^a   Neugebauer, E ^a   Bollinger, T ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; LEAD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BONE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEAVY METAL POISONING; KIDNEY; LEAD POISONING; LIVER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; CANADA; EAGLES; KIDNEY; LEAD; LIVER; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

ANIMALIA; AQUILA; AVES; CICONIIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032811815     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002449900514     Document Type: Article

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