Probabilistic risk assessment for snails, slugs, and endangered honeycreepers in diphacinone rodenticide baited areas on Hawaii, USA

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1557-1567

  Johnston, John J ^a   Pitt, William C ^a   Sugihara, Robert T ^a   Eisemann, John D ^a   Primus, Thomas M ^a   Holmes, Melvin J ^b   Crocker, Joe ^b   Hart, Andy ^b  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diphacinone; Poouli; Probabilistic; Risk; Rodenticide

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXIC MATERIALS;

AVIAN SPECIES; PROBABILISTIC MODELS; PROBABILISTIC RISK ASSESSMENT; SNAILS;

TOXICITY;

DIPHENADIONE; RODENTICIDE;

NONTARGET ORGANISM; PESTICIDE;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUAIL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SNAIL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; GASTROPODA; HAWAII; LETHAL DOSE 50; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHENINDIONE; RATS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RODENTIA; RODENTICIDES; SNAILS; SONGBIRDS;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS; GASTROPODA; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 18844407815     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/04-255R.1     Document Type: Article

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