Possible relevance of pigeons as an indicator species for monitoring air pollution

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 322-330

  Schilderman, Pauline A E L ^a   Hoogewerff, Jurian A ^a   Van Schooten, Frederik Jan ^a   Maas, Lou M ^a   Moonen, Edwin J C ^a   Van Os, Bertil J H ^b   Van Wijnen, Joop H ^c   Kleinjans, Jos C S ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Cadmium; Lead; Lead isotopes; Oxidative DNA damage; PAH DNA adducts; Pigeons; Zinc

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; GASOLINE; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; OXYGEN RADICAL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; ZINC;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CARCINOGENESIS; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ADDUCT; DNA DAMAGE; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

COLUMBA;

EID: 0030916297     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.97105322     Document Type: Article

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