Levels of trace metals and effect of body size on metal content of the landsnail Levantina hierosylima from the West Bank-Palestine

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1373-1388

  Swaileh, Khalid M ^a   Rabay'a, Nawal ^b   Salim, Radi ^b   Ezzughayyar, Ademar ^a   Rabbo, Alfred Abed ^c  

^a BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^b AN NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^c BETHLEHEM UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Bioindicator; Body size; Landsnails; Levantina hierosylima; Metals

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COPPER; CORRELATION METHODS; ZINC;

SOFT TISSUE;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FALLOUT; NONHUMAN; PALESTINE; SNAIL; SOFT TISSUE;

ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALS, HEAVY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SNAILS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRACE ELEMENTS;

GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034837428     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/ESE-100104885     Document Type: Article

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