Modeling wildlife exposure to toxic chemicals: Trends and recent advances

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment (HERA)

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 444-480

  Pastorok, Robert A ^a   Butcher, Matthew K ^a   Nielsen, R Dreas ^a  

^a EXPONENT INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Chemical exposure; Ecological risk assessment; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 21444445943     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039609383627     Document Type: Article

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