Lead pellet ingestion and liver-lead concentrations in upland game birds from southern Ontario, Canada

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 331-336

  Kreager, N ^a   Wainman, B C ^b   Jayasinghe, R K ^c   Tsuji, L J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Jacques Whitford Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Lead pellet ingestion; Lead shotshell; Liver lead concentrations; Upland game birds

Indexed keywords

LEAD; PROTEIN;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GAMEBIRD; HEALTH IMPACT; INGESTION RATE; LEAD; MEAT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVIAN STOMACH; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAME BIRD; LEAD POISONING; LIVER LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; EATING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GIZZARD; LEAD; LIVER; ONTARIO; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

ALECTORIS; ALECTORIS CHUKAR; AVES; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; PERDIX PERDIX; PHASIANUS COLCHICUS;

EID: 38349089544     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-007-9020-6     Document Type: Article

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