Lead concentrations in Hymenolepis diminuta adults and Taenia taeniaeformis larvae compared to their rat hosts (Rattus norvegicus) sampled from the city of Cairo, Egypt

Parasitology

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 483-487

  Sures, B ^a   Scheible, T ^a   Bashtar, A R ^b,c   Taraschewski, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Bioindication; Cestode; Hymenolepis diminuta; Lead; Metal pollution; Rat; Urban environment

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; LEAD;

AGE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIOACCUMULATION; CALCULATION; CESTODE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DUST; EGYPT; HELMINTH; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HYMENOLEPIS DIMINUTA; INTESTINE WALL; KIDNEY; LARVA; LIVER; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SAMPLING; STANDARDIZATION; TAENIA TAENIAEFORMIS; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYMENOLEPIS; KIDNEY; LEAD; RATS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TAENIA;

CESTODA; HYMENOLEPIS DIMINUTA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; TAENIA TAENIAEFORMIS; VERMES;

EID: 0344874699     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182003003901     Document Type: Article

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