Cadmium in feathers of adults and blood of nestlings of three raptor species from a nonpolluted Mediterranean forest, southeastern Spain

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 477-484

  Martinez Lopez E ^a   Maria Mojica P ^a,b   Martinez J E ^a   Calvo, J F ^a   Romero, D ^a   Garcia Fernandez A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b Santa Faz Wildlife Recovery Center   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; EAGLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVALUATION; FEATHER; FOREST; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; RAPTOR; SPAIN; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAWK; NEWBORN; POLLUTANT; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TREE;

RAPTORES;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CADMIUM; EAGLES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEATHERS; HAWKS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SPAIN; TREES;

EID: 23444460441     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-005-0610-6     Document Type: Article

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