The identification of lead ammunition as a source of lead exposure in First Nations: The use of lead isotope ratios

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 393, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 291-298

  Tsuji, Leonard J S ^a   Wainman, Bruce C ^b   Martin, Ian D ^a   Sutherland, Celine ^c   Weber, Jean Philippe ^d   Dumas, Pierre ^d   Nieboer, Evert ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^d INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

First Nations; Lead ammunition; Lead isotope ratios; Subsistence hunting; Wild game

Indexed keywords

AMMUNITION; BLOOD; CONTAMINATION; DATA REDUCTION; ISOTOPES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

LEAD AMMUNITION; SUBSISTENCE HUNTING; WILD GAMES;

LEAD COMPOUNDS;

LEAD;

GAMEBIRD; HUNTING; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LEAD ISOTOPE; LICHEN; MEAT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; WATERFOWL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL HUNTING; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BULLET; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; ISOTOPES; LEAD; LICHENS; MALE; ONTARIO;

CANADA; FORT ALBANY; HAMILTON [ONTARIO]; KASHECHEWAN; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

AVES;

EID: 39749148966     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.01.022     Document Type: Article

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