Examining the suitability of mussel digestive gland to serve as a biomonitoring target organ

Arhiv za Higijenu Rada i Toksikologiju

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 141-149

  Raspor, Biserka ^a   Dragun, Zrinka ^a   Erk, Marijana ^a  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Copper; Field study; Long term metal exposure; Metallothioneins; Zinc

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; COPPER ION; HEAVY METAL; MERCURY; METALLOTHIONEIN; ZINC ION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CELL LEVEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROATIA; CYTOSOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVALUATION; EXOCRINE GLAND; FIELD EXPERIMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MUSSEL; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEASHORE; TARGET ORGAN;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; CROATIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALLOTHIONEIN; METALS, HEAVY; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS;

EID: 19944410475     PISSN: 00041254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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