High human exposure to lead through consumption of birds hunted with lead shot

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 125-129

  Johansen, P ^a   Asmund, G ^a   Riget, F ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Birds; Contamination; Greenland; Human exposure; Lead shot

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; LEAD; MEATS;

SEABIRDS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

LEAD;

BIRD; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HUNTING; LEAD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HUNTING; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; MEAT; NONHUMAN;

GREENLAND;

APOGON BRACHYGRAMMUS; AVES; LARIDAE; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA; URIA LOMVIA;

EID: 0141459548     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(03)00255-0     Document Type: Article

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