Heavy metal contamination in a lizard, Agama stellio stellio, compared in urban, high altitude and agricultural, low altitude areas of North Greece

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 945-952

  Loumbourdis, N S ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTAMINATION; FISH; GREECE; LIZARD; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TOXICITY TESTING; URBAN AREA;

AGRICULTURE; ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; BODY BURDEN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GREECE; LIVER; LIZARDS; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; URBAN HEALTH;

AGAMA; AGAMA STELLIO; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0031007018     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900426     Document Type: Article

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