Sparrows as possible heavy-metal biomonitors of polluted environments

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 719-726

  Gragnaniello, S ^a   Fulgione, D ^a   Milone, M ^a   Soppelsa, O ^a   Cacace, P ^a   Ferrara, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; ZINC;

ANODIC STRIPPING POTENTIOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEAVY METAL POISONING; ITALY; KIDNEY; LIVER; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; METALS, HEAVY; MOVEMENT; SONGBIRDS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POPULATION;

AVES; PASSERIDAE;

EID: 0034982179     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001280068     Document Type: Article

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