Secondary poisoning in the common shrew (Sorex araneus) fed earthworms exposed to an organophosphate pesticide

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 237-240

  Dell'Omo, Giacomo ^a,b   Turk, Anthony ^a   Shore, Richard F ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cholinesterase; Dimethoate; Earthworms; Secondary exposure; Shrews

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE; DIMETHOATE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; EARTHWORM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME INHIBITION; INSECTIVORE; NONHUMAN; PEST CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION;

ANIMALIA; ARANEUS; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; SOREX ARANEUS; SORICIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032911848     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1999)018<0237:SPITCS>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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