Concentrations of Metallothionein-Like Proteins and Heavy Metals in the Freshwater Snail Lymnaea stagnalis Exposed to Different Levels of Waterborne Cadmium

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1084-1090

  Leung, K M Y ^a   Ibrahim, H ^b   Dewhurst, R E ^c   Morley, N J ^c   Crane, M ^c   Lewis, J W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; METALLOTHIONEIN;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; NONHUMAN; SNAIL; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CADMIUM; HOMEOSTASIS; LYMNAEA; METALLOTHIONEIN; METALS, HEAVY; WATER POLLUTANTS;

BASOMMATOPHORA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; LYMNAEA; LYMNAEA STAGNALIS;

EID: 0142147100     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-003-8856-3     Document Type: Article

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