Parasites as accumulation indicators of heavy metal pollution

Parasitology Today

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 16-21

  Sures, Bernd ^a   Siddall, R ^b   Taraschewski, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD;

ACANTHOCEPHALUS; CESTODE; DRUG ACCUMULATION; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INTESTINE; LIVER; MUSCLE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; POLLUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH DISEASES; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HELMINTHS; METALS, HEAVY;

ACANTHOCEPHALA (WORMS); CESTODA;

EID: 0032988776     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(98)01358-1     Document Type: Review

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