Comparison of heavy metal concentrations in tissues of red foxes from adjacent urban, suburban, and rural areas

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 551-556

  Dip, R ^a   Stieger, C ^a   Deplazes, P ^a   Hegglin, D ^a,b   Muller U ^c   Dafflon, O ^d   Koch, H ^d   Naegeli, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Wk Grp Urban Ecol and Wildl Res   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d SWISS FEDERAL VETERINARY OFFICE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOX; HAZARD; KIDNEY; LEAD POISONING; LIVER; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SWITZERLAND; TISSUE LEVEL; URBAN AREA;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FOXES; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; RURAL POPULATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0035000963     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002440010209     Document Type: Article

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