Persistent organochlorine pesticides detected in blood and tissue samples of vultures from different localities in South Africa

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 243-264

  Van Wyk, Erika ^a   Bouwman, Henk ^b   Van Der Bank, Herman ^a   Verdoorn, Gerhard H ^c   Hofmann, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b PLANT PROTECTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c ENDANGERED WILDLIFE TRUST   (South Africa)

Author keywords

African whitebacked vulture; Bioindicators; Blood concentrations; Chlorinated hydrocarbons; Ecotoxicology; Organochlorine pesticides; Tissue samples; Vulture species

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; BIOCIDE; CHLORDANE; CHLORINE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; ENDOSULFAN; ENDRIN; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; HYDROCARBON; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREEDING; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; EXCISION; FOWL; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN; POLLUTANT; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SOUTH AFRICA; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TISSUE; WILDLIFE;

AVES; GYPS COPROTHERES; TORGOS;

EID: 0034914007     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1532-0456(01)90201-7     Document Type: Article

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