Heavy metals in livers of waterbirds from Spain

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 398-404

  Mateo, R ^a   Guitart, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MANGANESE; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; HEAVY METAL; WATERFOWL;

AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; INGESTION; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; WETLAND;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; LIVER; METALS, HEAVY; RISK; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPAIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANATIDAE; ANIMALIA; AVES; AYTHYA; NETTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037400291     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-002-2040-3     Document Type: Article

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