The distribution of arsenic in the body tissues of wood mice and bank voles

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 569-576

  Erry, B V ^a,b   Macnair, M R ^b   Meharg, A A ^a,c   Shore, R F ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOINDICATOR; RODENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BODY BURDEN; BODY MASS; BRAIN; CARCASS; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCISION; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOOD CHAIN; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HABITAT QUALITY; HAIR; HEART; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MAMMAL; MEASUREMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RODENT; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES HABITAT; SPLEEN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UNITED KINGDOM; VOLE;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; ARVICOLINAE; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MINING; MURINAE; SEX FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 27544457901     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-004-0229-3     Document Type: Article

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