Exposure and multiple lines of evidence assessment of risk for PCBs found in the diets of passerine birds at the Kalamazoo River Superfund site, Michigan

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 924-946

  Neigh, Arianne M ^a   Zwiernik, Matthew J ^a   Blankenship, Alan L ^a,b   Bradley, Patrick W ^a   Kay, Denise P ^a   MacCarroll, Monica A ^a   Park, Cyrus S ^a   Jones, Paul D ^a,b   Millsap, Stephanie D ^a   Newsted, John W ^b   Giesy, John P ^a,b,c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ENTRIX INC   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Birds; Dietary exposure; Insects; Risk assessment; Trophic level

Indexed keywords

AVES; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 32344446565     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807030600826995     Document Type: Article

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