Trace element residues in eggs of Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) and Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) from Hong Kong, China

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 48, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 390-396

  Lam, James C W ^a   Tanabe, Shinsuke ^b   Wong, Bryan S F ^c   Lam, Paul K S ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CESIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOTIN COMPOUND; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; RUBIDIUM; SELENIUM; SILVER; STRONTIUM; THALLIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; VANADIUM; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; CALIBRATION; CHINA; EGG; HONG KONG; NONHUMAN; SEA POLLUTION; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT;

AVES; EGRETTA; EGRETTA GARZETTA; NYCTICORAX; NYCTICORAX NYCTICORAX;

EID: 1242341967     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2003.11.011     Document Type: Article

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