Stability of mercury concentrations in frozen avian blood samples

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 159-162

  Varian Ramos, Claire W ^a   Condon, Anne M ^b   Hallinger, Kelly K ^a   Carlson Drexler, Kjarstin A ^a   Cristol, Daniel A ^a  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian blood; Mercury; Temporal stability; Tissue storage

Indexed keywords

AVIAN BLOOD; BLOOD SAMPLES; FROZEN STORAGE; GLASS CAPILLARY TUBES; MERCURY; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; TEMPORAL STABILITY; TIME SPENT; TOTAL MERCURIES;

BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); TISSUE;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD; BLOOD STORAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BLOOD PRESERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; MERCURY;

AVES;

EID: 79952695394     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-010-0164-0     Document Type: Article

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