Lead exposure and poisoning of songbirds using the Coeur d'Alene River Basin, Idaho, USA

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 587-595

  Hansen, James ^a   Audet, Daniel ^a   Spears, Brian ^a   Healy, Kate ^a   Brazzle, Roy ^a   Hoffman, David ^b   Dailey, Anne ^c   Beyer, W Nelson ^b  

^a Northern Idaho Field Office   (United States)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coeurs d'Aleneb river basin; Lead; Songbirds

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; EATING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LEAD POISONING; LIVER; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTANT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; SOIL; SONGBIRD; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; EATING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; IDAHO; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; LIVER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; SOIL; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 84857416183     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ieam.201     Document Type: Article

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