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High cadmium residues observed during a pilot study in shorebirds and their prey downstream from the El salvador copper mine, Chile

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  1. Canadian Wildlife Service, Institute of Ocean Sciences, P.O. Box 6000, V8L 4B2, Sidney, B.C., Canada

    Kees Vermeer

  2. Laboratorio de Zoologia, Departamento de Biologia Ambiental y de Pobliaciones, Institute de Ciencas Biologicas, Universidad Catolica de Chile, Casilla 114-D, Santiago, Chile

    Juan Carlos Castilla

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Vermeer, K., Castilla, J.C. High cadmium residues observed during a pilot study in shorebirds and their prey downstream from the El salvador copper mine, Chile. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 46, 242–248 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01691944

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