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Lead ammunition residues in a hunted Australian grassland bird, the stubble quail (Coturnix pectoralis): Implications for human and wildlife health

Scavenging and predatory wildlife can ingest lead (Pb) from lead-based ammunition and become poisoned when feeding on shot game animals. Humans can similarly be exposed to ammunition-derived lead when consuming wild-shot game animals. Studies have assessed the degree of lead contamination in the car...

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Autores principales: Hampton, Jordan O., Dunstan, Heath, Toop, Simon D., Flesch, Jason S., Andreotti, Alessandro, Pain, Deborah J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9022800/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35446880
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0267401