Tissues and hair residues and histopathology in wild rats (Rattus rattus L.) and Algerian mice (Mus spretus Lataste) from an abandoned mine area (Southeast Portugal)

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 561-575

  Pereira, R ^a,b   Pereira, M L ^a   Ribeiro, R ^c   Goncalves F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO PIAGET   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Exposure assessment; Hair; Heavy metals; Histopathological changes; Kidney; Liver; Rodents; Spleen

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED MINES; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CONTAMINATION; HEAVY METALS; HISTOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; HAIR; KIDNEY; LIVER; RODENT; SPLEEN;

TISSUE;

BIOACCUMULATION; HAIR; HEAVY METAL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RODENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY; LIVER; MINING; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPLEEN; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAIR; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; KIDNEY; LIVER; METALS, HEAVY; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MINING; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; SPLEEN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; MUS SPRETUS; RATTUS RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 29244473600     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2005.04.038     Document Type: Article

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