Metal contamination in tree sparrows in different locations of Beijing

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 142-147

  Chao, P ^a   Guangmei, Z ^a   Zhengwang, Z ^a   Chengyi, Z ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; NICKEL; ZINC;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; BIRD; BONE; CHINA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEAVY METAL POISONING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LIVER; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TREE;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; CHINA; INDUSTRY; LIVER; METALS; SONGBIRDS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; STEEL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PASSER MONTANUS; PASSERIDAE;

EID: 0038016519     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-003-0141-y     Document Type: Article

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