Comparative tissue distribution of metals in birds in Sweden using ICP-MS and laser ablation ICP-MS

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 259-269

  Ek, Kristine H ^a   Morrison, Gregory M ^a   Lindberg, Peter ^b   Rauch, Sébastien ^c  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; GASOLINE; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; METALLOTHIONEIN; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; RHODIUM; ZINC;

AVIFAUNA; BIOACCUMULATION; FEATHER; HEAVY METAL;

ACCIPITER NISUS; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EGG; EXCRETION; FALCO PEREGRINUS; FALCON; FEATHER; FECES ANALYSIS; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY; LAGOPUS LAGOPUS; LASER SURGERY; LIVER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METAL BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPARROW; SWEDEN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WILDLIFE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

ACCIPITER; ACCIPITER NISUS; AVES; FALCO; FALCO PEREGRINUS; LAGOPUS; LAGOPUS LAGOPUS; PASSER; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PEREGRINUS; PHASIANIDAE; RAPTORES; SALIX; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3242673348     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-004-3138-6     Document Type: Article

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