Potential hazard to human health from exposure to fragments of lead bullets and shot in the tissues of game animals

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Pain, Deborah J ^a   Cromie, Ruth L ^a   Newth, Julia ^a   Brown, Martin J ^a   Crutcher, Eric ^b   Hardman, Pippa ^a   Hurst, Louise ^a   Mateo, Rafael ^c   Meharg, Andrew A ^d   Oran, Annette C ^d   Raab, Andrea ^d   Taggart, Mark A ^c   Green, Rhys E ^e,f  

^a WILDFOWL AND WETLANDS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Veterinary Medicines Directorate   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^e RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BULLET; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; COW; DEER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD INTAKE; GAME ANIMAL; GAME BIRD; HEALTH HAZARD; MEAT; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHEEP; SIMULATION; SWINE; TISSUE LEVEL; UNITED KINGDOM; VULNERABLE POPULATION; ANIMAL; BIRD; DANGEROUS GOODS; FIREARM; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; LEAD POISONING;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BOVINAE; CERVIDAE; OVIS ARIES; SUIDAE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FIREARMS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MEAT;

EID: 77956419092     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010315     Document Type: Article

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