Potential health risks to adults and children in the UK from exposure to dietary lead in gamebirds shot with lead ammunition

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 4180-4190

  Green, R E ^a,b   Pain, D J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^c WILDFOWL AND WETLANDS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical effects; Food safety; Gamebirds; Health risks; Lead shot

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHILD; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; GAME BIRD; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LEAD; MEAT PRODUCTS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84866283599     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2012.08.032     Document Type: Article

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