The heavy metal content of the teeth of the bank vole (Clethrionomys glareolus) as an exposure marker of environmental pollution in Poland

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 441-449

  Appleton, J ^a   Lee, K M ^a   Sawicka Kapusta, K ^b   Damek, M ^b   Cooke, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Inst Environ Studs J   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bank voles; Heavy metals; Pollution; Teeth

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; ZINC;

HEAVY METAL; POLLUTION; RODENT; TOOTH;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINING; MOLAR TOOTH; NONHUMAN; POLAND; SLOVAKIA; SOIL POLLUTION; TOOTH; VOLE;

POLAND;

CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS;

EID: 0033860001     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(99)00318-8     Document Type: Article

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