Lead exposure and poisoning of songbirds
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James A Hansen; Daniel Audet; Brian L Spears; Kate A Healy; Roy E Brazzle; David
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Article
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2011
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Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
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English
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Previous studies have found widespread Pb poisoning of waterfowl in the Coeur d'Alene River Basin in northern Idaho, USA, which has been contaminated by mining and smelting activities. We studied the exposure of ground-feeding songbirds to Pb, sampling 204 American robins (Turdus migratorius), song