Arsenic residues in predatory birds from an area of Britain with naturally and anthropogenically elevated arsenic levels

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 91-95

  Erry, B V ^a,b   MacNair, M R ^a   Meharg, A A ^b   Shore, R F ^b   Newton, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Food chain transfer; Kidneys; Livers; Muscle; Raptors

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; KIDNEY; LIVER; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; TISSUE TYPES; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIPITER NISUS; AVES; FALCO TINNUNCULUS; RAPTORES; TYTO ALBA; TYTONIDAE;

EID: 0032988424     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(99)00055-X     Document Type: Article

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