Fluoride loading of a lepidopteran larva (Pieris brassicae) fed on treated diets

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 233-239

  Port, G R ^a   Davies, M T ^a   Davison, A W ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fluoride; Herbivore; Lepidoptera; Pieris brassicae

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM FLUORIDE; FLUORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FECES; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; TISSUE LEVEL;

EID: 0031838084     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(97)00183-8     Document Type: Article

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