Concentrations of heavy metals in the tissues of red deer (Cervus elaphus) from the region of Warmia and Mazury, Poland

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 141-149

  Falandysz, J ^a   Szymczyk Kobrzynska K ^b   Brzostowski, A ^a   Zalewski, K ^b   Zasadowski, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Animal food; Big game; Cadmium; Copper; Elements intake; Food; Food contaminants; Game animals; Lead; Zinc

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; ZINC;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL HUNTING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARCASS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LIVER LEVEL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUSCLE LEVEL; NONHUMAN; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RED DEER; SEX DIFFERENCE; TISSUE LEVEL; VALIDATION PROCESS; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM; COPPER; DEER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; KIDNEY; LEAD; LIVER; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; MUSCLES; POLAND; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ZINC;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS;

EID: 17444407908     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030500047273     Document Type: Article

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