The oral bioavailability and toxicokinetics of methylmercury in common loon (Gavia immer) chicks

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 703-714

  Fournier, François ^a,d   Karasov, William H ^a   Kenow, Kevin P ^b   Meyer, Michael W ^c   Hines, Randy K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Common loon; Compartment modeling; Elimination; Feathers; Mercury; Methylmercury; Toxicokinetics

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY; METHYLMERCURIC CHLORIDE; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BLOOD VOLUME; CHICKEN; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEATHER; HALF LIFE TIME; MERCURIALISM; NONHUMAN; TOXICOKINETICS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHICK EMBRYO; DRUG EFFECT; EATING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METABOLISM; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

AVES; GAVIA IMMER;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; AREA UNDER CURVE; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; BODY WEIGHT; CHICK EMBRYO; EATING; FEATHERS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0036849823     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(02)00140-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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