Trace metal concentrations in squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) and black rat (Rattus muridae) inhabiting roadside ecosystem

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 714-718

  Nyangababo, J T ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; NICKEL; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST; HEAVY METAL POISONING; NONHUMAN; RAT; SAMPLING; SQUIRREL; TRAFFIC; UGANDA;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALS, HEAVY; MURIDAE; RATS; SCIURIDAE; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

MURIDAE; RATTUS; RATTUS RATTUS; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS VULGARIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034982873     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001280067     Document Type: Article

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