Dietary toxicity and tissue accumulation of methylmercury in American kestrels

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 149-156

  Bennett, Richard S ^a   French Jr , John B ^b   Rossmann, Ronald ^c   Haebler, Romona ^d  

^a National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory   (United States)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURIC CHLORIDE;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIET; METHYLMERCURY; MORTALITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RAPTOR; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FALCO SPARVERIUS; FALCONIFORMES; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CEREBELLUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FALCONIFORMES; FEATHERS; FEMALE; LONGEVITY; MALE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEURONS; OVUM; REPRODUCTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AVES; FALCO SPARVERIUS;

EID: 58149095759     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-008-9168-8     Document Type: Article

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