Liver lead concentrations of several bird species from the Western James Bay Region of Northern Ontario, Canada: Do the data support the Canadian nontoxic legislation?

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 309-313

  Tsuji, L J S ^a   Karagatzides, J D ^b   Young, J ^a   Nieboer, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ANIMAL HUNTING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BULLET; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GOVERNMENT; LAW; LEAD POISONING; LIVER LEVEL; NONHUMAN; ORGANIZATION; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FIREARMS; LEAD; LIVER; ONTARIO;

ANIMALIA; AVES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0347297222     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-002-0062-1     Document Type: Article

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