Lead shot toxicity to passerines

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 135-138

  Vyas, N B ^a   Spann, J W ^a   Heinz, G H ^a  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood lead; Erosion; Lead shot; Liver lead; Passerines

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EROSION; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; LIVER; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; SONGBIRD; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FIREARMS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; LIVER; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SONGBIRDS;

AVES; MOLOTHRUS; MOLOTHRUS ATER;

EID: 0343090446     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(99)00333-4     Document Type: Article

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