Examination of eurasian griffon vultures (Gyps fulvus fulvus) in Israel for exposure to environmental toxicants using dried blood spots

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 502-511

  Shlosberg, Alan ^a   Wu, Qian ^b   Rumbeiha, Wilson K ^c   Lehner, Andreas ^c   Cuneah, Olga ^a   King, Roni ^d   Hatzofe, Ohad ^d   Kannan, Kurunthachalam ^b,e   Johnson, Margaret ^c  

^a KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Israel Nature and Parks Authority   (Israel)

^e HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; FLUOROCARBON; METAL; PESTICIDE;

BLOOD; DATA SET; MATURATION; MONITORING; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RANGE EXPANSION; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTION; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD SAMPLING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIURNAL ANIMAL; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEMALE; GRIFFON VULTURE; GYPS FULVUS FULVUS; MALE; MATURITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FALCONIFORMES; ISRAEL; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; STATISTICS;

IBERIAN PENINSULA; ISRAEL;

GYPS; GYPS FULVUS; RAPTORES;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FALCONIFORMES; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; ISRAEL; MALE; METALS; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

EID: 84861668788     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: 14320703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-011-9709-4     Document Type: Article

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