Implications for wildlife and humans of dietary exposure to lead from fragments of lead rifle bullets in deer shot in the UK

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 95-99

  Knott, Jeff ^a   Gilbert, Jo ^a   Hoccom, David G ^a   Green, Rhys E ^a,b  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammunition; Human health; Lead; Scavengers; Secondary poisoning

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL VISCERA; DEER MANAGEMENT; DIETARY EXPOSURE; HUMAN HEALTH; LEAD POISONING; METAL FRAGMENTS; POTENTIAL RISKS; SCAVENGERS; SECONDARY POISONING; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS;

AMMUNITION; ECOLOGY; GUNS (ARMAMENT); HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; PELLETIZING; PROJECTILES; RADIOGRAPHY; SCALES (WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS);

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

LEAD;

DIET; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FOOD POISONING; HEALTH RISK; LEAD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SCAVENGER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BULLET; CARCASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; LEAD POISONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; VISCERA; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; DEER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FIREARMS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LEAD; RISK ASSESSMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIPITRIDAE; ANATIDAE; AVES; CERVIDAE;

EID: 78149357132     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.08.053     Document Type: Article

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