Potential Hazard to Human Health from Exposure to Fragments of Lead Bullets and Shot in the Tissues of Game Animals

BACKGROUND: Lead is highly toxic to animals. Humans eating game killed using lead ammunition generally avoid swallowing shot or bullets and dietary lead exposure from this source has been considered low. Recent evidence illustrates that lead bullets fragment on impact, leaving small lead particles w...

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Autores principales: Pain, Deborah J., Cromie, Ruth L., Newth, Julia, Brown, Martin J., Crutcher, Eric, Hardman, Pippa, Hurst, Louise, Mateo, Rafael, Meharg, Andrew A., Moran, Annette C., Raab, Andrea, Taggart, Mark A., Green, Rhys E.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2859935/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20436670
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0010315

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