Bald eagle lead exposure in the Upper Midwest

Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 208-216

  Warner, Sarah E ^a   Britton, Edward E ^b   Becker, Drew N ^c   Coffey, Michael J ^c  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^c US Fish and Wildlife Service Rock Island Ecological Services Field Office   (United States)

Author keywords

Bald eagles; Lead poisoning; Upper Midwest

Indexed keywords

CERVIDAE; HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS;

EID: 84909970053     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1944687X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3996/032013-JFWM-029     Document Type: Article

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