Histopathological changes in the liver, kidneys, and testes of bank voles environmentally exposed to heavy metal emissions from the steelworks and zinc smelter in Poland

Environmental Research

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 72-78

  Damek Poprawa, Monika ^a,c   Sawicka Kapusta, Katarzyna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN KRAKOW   (Poland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bank voles; Heavy metals; Histopathology

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; STEEL; ZINC;

HEAVY METAL; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; PATHOLOGY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RODENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; FEMUR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY; LIVER; NONHUMAN; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMUR; INDUSTRY; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; OSMERIFORMES; POLAND; STEEL; TESTIS; ZINC;

BUKOWNA; CENTRAL EUROPE; CRACOW; EURASIA; EUROPE; MALOPOLSKIE; POLAND;

ANIMALIA; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 3142683772     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2004.02.003     Document Type: Article

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