Multiple lines of evidence risk assessment of terrestrial passerines exposed to PCDFs and PCDDs in the tittabawassee river floodplain, Midland, Michigan, USA

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 159-186

  Fredricks, Timothy B ^a   Giesy, John P ^a,b,c,d,e   Coefield, Sarah J ^a   Seston, Rita M ^a   Tazelaar, Dustin L ^a   Roark, Shaun A ^f   Kay, Denise P ^f   Newsted, John L ^f   Zwiernik, Matthew J ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^f ENTRIX INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Dioxins; Eastern bluebird; Furans; Hazard quotient; House wren; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

SIALIA SIALIS; TROGLODYTES; TROGLODYTES AEDON;

EID: 79951564710     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039.2011.538632     Document Type: Article

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