Levels of cadmium, lead, mercury and 137caesium in caribou (Rangifer tarandus) tissues from Northern Québec

Arctic

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-9

  Robillard, S ^a   Beauchamp, G ^a   Paillard, G ^a   Belanger D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

137caesium; Cadmium; Caribou (Rangifer tarandus); Lead; Mercury; Northern Qu bec; Spatial variation

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CESIUM ISOTOPE; HEAVY METAL; UNGULATE;

CANADA;

RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 0036092966     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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