Are songbirds at risk from lead at small arms ranges? An application of the spatially explicit exposure model

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2215-2225

  Johnson, Mark S ^a   Wickwire, Ward Theodore ^b   Quinn Jr , Michael J ^a   Ziolkowski Jr , David J ^a   Burmistrov, Dima ^b   Menzie, Charles A ^b   Geraghty, Ciaran ^c   Minnich, Michael ^c   Parsons, Patrick J ^c  

^a U S ARMY CENTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Menzie Cura and Associates   (United States)

^c WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Lead; Small arms ranges; Soil ingestion; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LEAD; OXIDATION;

MOBILE OXIDES; SMALL ARMS RANGES; SOIL INGESTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

BIRDS;

CARBONIC ACID; LEAD;

BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; FECES; HEALTH RISK; LEAD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SONGBIRD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NESTING; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOIL POLLUTION; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FIREARMS; LEAD; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SONGBIRDS;

AVES; PASSERI;

EID: 35348816688     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/07-068R.1     Document Type: Article

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