Transfer of DDT and metabolites from fruit orchard soils to American robins (Turdus migratorius) twenty years after agricultural use of DDT in Canada

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 205-220

  Harris, M L ^a,d   Wilson, L K ^b   Elliott, J E ^b   Bishop, C A ^b   Tomlin, A D ^c   Henning, K V ^c  

^a Can Wildl Serv Environ Canada ^*  (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^d Lorax Environmental   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; CHLORPHENOTANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; CANADA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FOOD CHAIN; FRUIT; GEOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SOIL POLLUTION; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; DDT; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; DICHLORODIPHENYLDICHLOROETHANE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRUIT; OLIGOCHAETA; ONTARIO; OVUM; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SONGBIRDS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; TURDUS; TURDUS MIGRATORIUS;

EID: 0033927152     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002440010098     Document Type: Article

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