Lead poisoning of passerines at a trap and skeet range

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 159-166

  Vyas, N B ^a   Spann, J W ^a   Heinz, G H ^a   Beyer, W N ^a   Jaquette, J A ^a   Mengelkoch, J M ^a  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Lead; Passerines; Protoporphyrin; Shot; Tissue; Trap and skeet

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

BIOAVAILABILITY; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; PASSERINE; POISONING;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIRD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOREST; LEAD POISONING; NONHUMAN; SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 0033990887     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(99)00112-8     Document Type: Article

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