Polychlorinated biphenyls in raptor and owl eggs in the Czech Republic

Veterinarni Medicina

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 363-368

  Kubistova, Iva ^a   Vavrova, M ^a   Literak, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Contamination; Eggs; Indicator PCB congeners; Owls; Raptors

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTAMINATION; CZECH REPUBLIC; EGG; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; OWL; RAPTOR; SPECIES;

AQUILA; AQUILA HELIACA; ASIO OTUS; CICONIIFORMES; CIRCUS; CIRCUS AERUGINOSUS; FALCO; FALCO TINNUNCULUS; MILVUS; MILVUS MIGRANS; OTUS; RAPTORES; STRIGIFORMES; STRIX ALUCO; TYTO ALBA;

EID: 0842308931     PISSN: 03758427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/5791-VETMED     Document Type: Article

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