Assessment of metals in down feathers of female common eiders and their eggs from the Aleutians: Arsenic, cadmium, chromium, lead, manganese, mercury, and selenium

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 143, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 247-256

  Burger, Joanna ^a,b   Gochfeld, Michael ^a,b,c   Jeitner, Christian ^b   Snigaroff, Daniel ^d   Snigaroff, Ronald ^d   Stamm, Timothy ^d   Volz, Conrad ^d,e  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aleutian Islands; Arsenic; Birds; Cadmium; Chromium; Eiders; Feathers; Heavy metals; Lead; Manganese; Mercury; Pollutants; Selenium

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; CORRELATION METHODS; HEALTH RISKS; LANDFORMS; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELENIUM; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS;

ALEUTIANS; BUSINESS MEDIA; COMMON EIDERS; DRY WEIGHT (DW); HUMAN HEALTH RISKS; MERCURY AND SELENIUM; MERCURY(III); METAL LEVELS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS;

NONMETALS;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; SELENIUM;

ARSENIC; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIRD; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; CLUTCH SIZE; FEATHER; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EFFECT; SELENIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESKIMO; FEATHER; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH HAZARD; INDICATOR ORGANISM; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; QUALITY CONTROL; SEA POLLUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; ANSERIFORMES; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; EGGS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEATHERS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; METALS, HEAVY; SELENIUM;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; AMCHITKA ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA;

EID: 47349085822     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-9973-y     Document Type: Article

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