A comparison of heavy metal levels in the kidneys of High Arctic and mainland caribou populations in the Northwest Territories of Canada

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 246, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 109-119

  Larter, N C ^a   Nagy, J A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Banks Island; Bluenose caribou; Cadmium; Lead; Mercury; Nickel; Northwest Territories; Peary caribou; Rangifer tarandus; Rangifer tarandus pearyi; Reindeer

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; NICKEL;

BIOACCUMULATION; HEAVY METAL; MAMMAL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANADA; DEER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; KIDNEY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE LEVEL;

ALUMINUM; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CADMIUM; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LEAD; MERCURY; METALS, HEAVY; NICKEL; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; REINDEER;

CANADA;

EID: 0033957621     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00418-0     Document Type: Article

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