A comparative analysis of the heavy metal loading of small mammals in different regions of Bulgaria II: Chromosomal aberrations and blood pathology

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 188-193

  Topashka Ancheva, M ^a   Metcheva, R ^a   Teodorova, S ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (Bulgaria)

^b INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH AND NUCLEAR ENERGY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Basophilic granulations; Chromosome aberrations; Ecomonitoring; Heavy metal pollution; Micronuclei; Rodents

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL;

BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD; HEAVY METAL; RODENT;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD DISEASE; BULGARIA; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ERYTHROCYTE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; RODENT;

ANIMALS; BULGARIA; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ERYTHROCYTES; METALS, HEAVY; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; RODENTIA;

APODEMUS; APODEMUS FLAVICOLLIS; APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; CHIONOMYS; CHIONOMYS NIVALIS; CLETHRIONOMYS; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS; MICROTUS ARVALIS; MICROTUS ROSSIAEMERIDIONALIS; MICROTUS SUBTERRANEUS; MUS; MUS MACEDONICUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0037328353     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0147-6513(02)00052-0     Document Type: Article

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