A risk assessment approach to DDE exposure based on the case of the Eastern screech-owl (Megascops asio) in apple orchards of southern Quebec, Canada

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 403-409

  Richards, N L ^a   Mineau, P ^b   Bird, D M ^c  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

DDE; EGGSHELL; PCB; RAPTOR; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG SHELL; EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH HAZARD; INSECTIVORE; MAMMAL; MEGASCOPS ASIO; NONHUMAN; ORCHARD; OWL; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TAIL;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; INSECTICIDES; MALUS; MICE; QUEBEC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHREWS; STRIGIFORMES;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BLARINA BREVICAUDA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; MAMMALIA; OTUS ASIO; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 25644434286     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-004-0033-0     Document Type: Article

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