Geophagy and potential contaminant exposure for terrestrial vertebrates

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 183, Issue , 2004, Pages 115-134

  Hui, Clifford A ^a  

^a Biology Investigations   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; SODIUM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SOIL; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; SODIUM; SOIL; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 5444253824     PISSN: 01795953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-9100-3_5     Document Type: Article

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