Anticholinesterase poisoning of birds: Field monitoring and diagnosis of acute poisoning

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1982, Pages 27-38

  Hill, Elwood F ^a   Fleming, W James ^a  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Carbamate; Cholinesterase; Contaminants; Diagnosis; Enzyme assay; Field methods; Organophosphate; Toxicity; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345323318     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620010105     Document Type: Article

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