Organochlorines and Mercury in waterfowl harvested in Canada

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 114, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 331-359

  Braune, Birgit M ^a   Malone, Brian J ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Malone Associates   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast muscle; Canada; DDT; Ducks; Geese; Mercury; Organochlorines; PCBs; Water fowl consumption guidelines

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CHLORDANE-RELATED COMPOUNDS; CHLOROBENZENES; DDT; DUCKS; GEESE; ORGANOCHLORINES; WATERFOWL;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; HEALTH RISKS; MERCURY (METAL); MUSCLE; TOXIC MATERIALS;

BIOLOGY;

CHLORDANE; CHLOROBENZENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; MERCURY; MIREX; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

DDT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; WATERFOWL;

ARTICLE; CANADA; DUCKS AND GEESE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; NONHUMAN; SAFETY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; ANSERIFORMES; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MERCURY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANSER; AVES;

EID: 33645844285     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-4778-y     Document Type: Article

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