Cadmium, chromium and lead contamination of Athene noctua, the little owl, of Bologna and Parma, Italy

Chemosphere

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1251-1258

  Zaccaroni, A ^a   Amorena, M ^b   Naso, B ^d   Castellani, G ^a   Lucisano, A ^c   Stracciari, G L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Environmental monitoring; Heavy metals; Italy; Little owl

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CONTAMINATION; GRAPHITE;

TOXICOLOGY;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; GRAPHITE; LEAD;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEAVY METAL; POLLUTION MONITORING; RAPTOR;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATHENE NOCTUA; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BRAIN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; ITALY; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; OWL; POLLUTION;

BOLOGNA; EMILIA-ROMAGNA; ITALY; PARMA;

ATHENE NOCTUA; EMILIA; NOCTUA; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 0038788968     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(03)00363-1     Document Type: Article

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