Wild boar hair (Sus scrofa) as a non-invasive indicator of mercury pollution

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 339, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 81-88

  Sobańska, Marta A ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mercury pollution; Non invasive indicators; Sample preparation; Wild boar hair

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MERCURY (METAL); OCEAN HABITATS;

HAIR ANALYSIS; MERCURY POLLUTION; WASHING PROCEDURES; WILD BOAR HAIR;

AIR POLLUTION;

MERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; HEAVY METAL; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HAIR; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR COLOR; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; SPECIES HABITAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WILD BOAR;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; HAIR; MALE; MERCURY; MERCURY POISONING; POLAND; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; SUS SCROFA; WATER;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND; WORLD;

EID: 14644404907     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.07.018     Document Type: Article

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