A framework and methods for incorporating gender-related issues in wildlife risk assessment: Gender-related differences in metal levels and other contaminants as a case study

Environmental Research

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 153-162

  Burger, Joanna ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Host factors; Metals; Risk; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

METAL;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GENDER RELATIONS; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; WILD POPULATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AIR; ARTICLE; BILE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIRD; BREAST MILK; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; EGG; EGG SHELL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEATHER; FEMALE; GENDER; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MAMMAL; MORPHOLOGY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TECHNIQUE; URINE; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; INVERTEBRATES; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOXICOLOGY; VERTEBRATES;

AVES; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34147174500     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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