Lack of widespread organochlorine pesticide contamination in South American resident passerines

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 769-774

  Capparella, A P ^a   Klemens, J A ^b,c   Harper, R G ^b   Frick, J A ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; DIELDRIN; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACCUMULATION; METABOLITE; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; SONGBIRD; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INSECTICIDES; REFERENCE VALUES; SONGBIRDS; SOUTH AMERICA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; PASSERI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038748386     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-003-0049-6     Document Type: Article

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