Non-destructive pollution exposure assessment in the European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus): II. Hair and spines as indicators of endogenous metal and As concentrations

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 438-448

  D'Havé, Helga ^a   Scheirs, Jan ^b   Mubiana, Valentine Kayawe ^a   Verhagen, Ron ^b   Blust, Ronny ^a   De Coen, Wim ^a  

^a Ecophysiology   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Erinaceus europaeus; Metals; Non destructive biomonitoring tools; Tissue concentration relationships; Tissue distribution

Indexed keywords

ERINACEUS EUROPAEUS; NON-DESTRUCTIVE BIOMONITORING TOOLS; TISSUE CONCENTRATION RELATIONSHIPS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ARSENIC; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; MUSCLE; SILVER; TISSUE; TOXICITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; METAL; SILVER; ZINC;

ANIMAL; ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HAIR; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; HAIR; HEDGEHOG; KIDNEY; LIVER; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; RISK; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXICITY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EUROPE; HAIR; HEDGEHOGS; KIDNEY; LIVER; METALS; MUSCLES; SKIN;

ANIMALIA; ERINACEIDAE; ERINACEUS EUROPAEUS;

EID: 33646199921     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2005.10.021     Document Type: Article

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