Behavioral effects of acute sublethal exposure to dimethoate on wood mice, Apodemus sylvaticus: II - Field studies on radio-tagged mice in a cereal ecosystem

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 538-542

  Dell'Omo, G ^a,b   Shore, R F ^a  

^a NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMETHOATE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CEREAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EXPOSURE; ECOSYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD INTAKE; LOCOMOTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

APODEMUS SYLVATICUS;

EID: 0030475442     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00212438     Document Type: Article

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