Comparison of white-footed mice and rice rats as biomonitors of polychlorinated biphenyl and metal contamination

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 261-268

  Smith, Philip N ^a   Cobb, George P ^a   Harper, Frances M ^b   Adair, Blakely M ^a   McMurry, Scott T ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Metal; Polychlorinated biphenyl; Rice rat; Sympatric; White footed mice

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; CONTAMINATION; IMPURITIES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SAMPLING;

FORAGING STRATEGIES;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ALUMINUM; BARIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; METAL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOMONITORING; HEAVY METAL; PCB; POLLUTION MONITORING; RODENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FORAGING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT SELECTION; LIVER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PEROMYSCUS; POLLUTANT; SIGMODONTINAE;

ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HESPEROMYINAE; LIVER; MALE; METALS; PEROMYSCUS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RATS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; ANIMALS; SIGMODONTINAE;

ORYZOMYS; ORYZOMYS PALUSTRIS; ORYZOMYS PALUSTRIS NATATOR; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0036009841     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(01)00306-2     Document Type: Article

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