Monitoring urban heavy metal pollution using the House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)

Journal of Environmental Monitoring

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 209-213

  Swaileh, K M ^a   Sansur, R ^a  

^a BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM; EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEAVY METAL POISONING; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPARROW; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; URBAN AREA;

ANIMALS; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; OVUM; SPARROWS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSERIDAE;

EID: 33644847594     PISSN: 14640325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b510635d     Document Type: Article

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