Elevated lead exposure in American woodcock (Scolopax minor) in eastern Canada

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 334-340

  Scheuhammer, A M ^a   Rogers, C A ^a   Bond, D ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; LEAD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIRDS; BONE AND BONES; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LEAD; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

CANADA;

EID: 0032990404     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002449900479     Document Type: Article

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