Skeletal pathology in white storks (Ciconia ciconia) associated with heavy metal contamination in southwestern Spain

Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 441-448

  Smits, Judit E G ^a,d   Bortolotti, Gary R ^a   Baos, Raquel ^b   Blas, Julio ^a   Hiraldo, Fernando ^b   Xie, Qianle ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bone alkaline phosphatase; Deformities; Environmental contamination; Skeletal pathology; Toxic metals; White storks

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BONE ISOENZYME; CALCIUM; HEAVY METAL; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHORUS; SODIUM; SULFUR;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BONE DEFECT; BONE REMODELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; STORK;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANIMALS; BIRDS; BONE AND BONES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXTREMITIES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LOWER EXTREMITY DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; METALS, HEAVY; MINING; SPAIN;

AVES; CICONIA CICONIA; CICONIIFORMES;

EID: 22244434259     PISSN: 01926233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01926230590953097     Document Type: Article

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