New method for the assessment of contaminant uptake routes in the oligochaete Lumbriculus variegatus

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 16-21

  Conrad, A U ^a   Comber, S D ^a   Simkiss, K ^b  

^a WRc NSF   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANNELID WORM; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; SEDIMENT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEAD; OLIGOCHAETA; XENOBIOTICS;

EID: 0033914366     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001280000088     Document Type: Article

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