Accumulation of copper, lead and cadmium in freshwater snails in southwestern Nigeria

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 69-73

  Adewunmi, C O ^a   Becker, W ^c   Kuehnast, O ^c   Oluwole, F ^b   Dorfler G ^c  

^a Faculty of Pharmacy   (Nigeria)

^b OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

cadmium; copper; fascioliasis; freshwater snails; intermediate hosts; lead; metal accumulation; schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SNAIL; WATER POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; SNAIL;

NIGERIA;

BASOMMATOPHORA; BELLAMYA; BIOMPHALARIA; BIOMPHALARIA PFEIFFERI; BULINUS GLOBOSUS; GABIELLA; GABIELLA AFRICANA; GASTROPODA; LANISTES; LANISTES LIBICUS; LYMNAEA; LYMNAEA NATALENSIS; MELANOIDES TUBERCULATA; PILA; PILA OVUM; POTADOMA; POTADOMA MOERCHI;

EID: 0030582584     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(96)05315-6     Document Type: Article

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