Elevated trace element concentrations in southern toads, Bufo terrestris, exposed to coal combustion waste

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 325-329

  Hopkins, W A ^a,c   Mendonca M T ^a   Rowe, C L ^b   Congdon, J D ^c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COAL; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; VANADIUM;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOAD;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BUFONIDAE; COAL MINING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; SELENIUM; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRACE ELEMENTS; WASTE PRODUCTS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; BUFO TERRESTRIS;

EID: 0031845504     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002449900383     Document Type: Article

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