Blood lead level in dogs from urban and rural areas of India and its relation to animal and environmental variables

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 359, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 130-134

  Balagangatharathilagar, M ^a   Swarup, D ^a   Patra, R C ^a   Dwivedi, S K ^a  

^a INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Blood lead level; Dogs; India

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; TOXIC MATERIALS;

BLOOD LEAD LEVEL; DOGS; INDIA;

LEAD;

LEAD;

BLOOD; DOMESTIC SPECIES; LEAD; POLLUTION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ECOTOXICOLOGY; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SPECIES COMPARISON; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; URBAN AREA;

ANIMALS; CITIES; DOGS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; INDIA; LEAD; MALE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 33644939603     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.09.063     Document Type: Article

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