Detection and drivers of exposure and effects of pharmaceuticals in higher vertebrates

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 369, Issue 1656, 2014, Pages

  Shore, Richard F ^a   Taggart, Mark A ^b   Smits, Judit ^c   Mateo, Rafael ^d   Richards, Ngaio L ^e   Fryday, Steve ^f  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^e Working Dogs for Conservation   (United States)

^f FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecopharmacovigilance; Emerging contaminants; Environmental monitoring; Risk assessment; Sentinel species; Wildlife toxicology

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; BIRD; DRUG; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WILD POPULATION;

ASIA;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84907829434     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0570     Document Type: Review

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