Mercury in hair of muskrats (Ondatra zibethicus) and mink (Mustela vison) from the U.S. Department of Energy Oak Ridge Reservation

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 720-725

  Stevens, R T ^a,d   Ashwood, T L ^b   Sleeman, J M ^c  

^a TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DRUG ACCUMULATION; HAIR ANALYSIS; MERCURIALISM; MUSKRAT; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER POLLUTION;

AGING; ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAIR; MALE; MERCURY; MINK; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TENNESSEE;

ANIMALIA; MUSTELA VISON; ONDATRA; ONDATRA ZIBETHICA; ONDATRA ZIBETHICUS; QUERCUS;

EID: 0030937975     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900392     Document Type: Article

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