Biochemical effects of lead, zinc, and cadmium from mining on fish in the Tri-States district of northeastern Oklahoma, USA

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1483-1495

  Schmitt, Christopher J ^a   Whyte, Jeff J ^a   Brumbaugh, William G ^a   Tillitt, Donald E ^a  

^a Jackson Field Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Aminolevulinic acid dehydratase activity; Hemoglobin; Iron; Metals; Mining

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD; CADMIUM; CONTAMINATION; LEAD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MINING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ZINC;

BIOCHEMICAL EFFECTS; HEME SYNTHESIS; LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS; MINING CONTAMINATED SITES;

TOXICITY;

CADMIUM; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; LEAD; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; ZINC;

HEAVY METAL;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CARP; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FISH; HEME SYNTHESIS; MINING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM; CADMIUM POISONING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; HEMOGLOBINS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MINING; OKLAHOMA; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; TEMPERATURE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

NORTH AMERICA; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CYPRINUS CARPIO; ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS; KATHETOSTOMA GIGANTEUM; MICROPTERUS; NEOSHO; PYLODICTIS OLIVARIS;

EID: 18844455781     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/04-332R.1     Document Type: Article

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