Blood lead concentrations in wild birds from a polluted mining region at Villa de la Paz, San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 90-98

  Chapa Vargas, Leonardo ^a   Mejía Saavedra, José J ^b   Monzalvo Santos, Karina ^a   Puebla Olivares, Fernando ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POTOSINO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y TECNOLÓGICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Birds; Central Mexico; Ecotoxicology; Mining pollution

Indexed keywords

BLOOD LEAD; BLOOD SAMPLES; ECO-TOXICOLOGY; FEEDING GUILDS; LEAD CONCENTRATION; LIFE SPAN; ME-XICO; POLLUTED SITES; POLLUTION LEVEL; POPULATION DEMOGRAPHIES; SAMPLING SITE; TOXIC EFFECT; WILD BIRDS;

BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); POLLUTION;

LEAD;

LEAD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BIRD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FRUGIVORE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRANIVORE; INSECTIVORA; MEXICO; MINING; NONHUMAN; OMNIVORE; POLLUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LEAD; MEXICO; MINING;

AVES;

EID: 77649301038     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934520903389242     Document Type: Conference Paper

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