Fluoride content in bones of Adelie penguins and environmental media in Antarctica

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 483-490

  Xie, Zhouqing ^a   Sun, Liguang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Fluoride; Fluorosis; Penguin

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE;

FLUORIDE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMAL; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BIRD; BONE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BIRDS; BONE AND BONES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUORIDES;

ANTARCTICA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BRYOPHYTA; CATHARACTA; CATHARACTA MACCORMICKI; POLYTRICHASTRUM ALPINUM ALPINUM; POLYTRICHUM; PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 0942299948     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EGAH.0000004578.77543.d5     Document Type: Article

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