Environmental contaminants in wild martens (Martes americana) and wolverines (Gulo luscus)

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 98-105

  Harding, L E ^a  

^a SciWrite Environmental Sciences Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MERCURY; METAL DERIVATIVE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE; POTASSIUM; SELENIUM; STRONTIUM; ZINC;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GULO LUSCUS; LIVER; MALE; MAMMAL; MARTES AMERICANA; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; TAIGA; WINTER;

ANIMALIA; GULO; GULO LUSCUS; MAMMALIA; MARTES; MARTES AMERICANA; MUSTELINAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3142663853     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-004-0399-8     Document Type: Article

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