Accumulation of cadmium and lead in Cerastoderma glaucum originating from the Gulf of Gabès, Tunisia

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 529-537

  Machreki Ajmi, M ^a   Hamza Chaffai, A ^a  

^a University of Sfax   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; LEAD;

ARTICLE; BIVALVE; CADMIUM POISONING; CERASTODERMA GLAUCUM; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHY; LEAD POISONING; NONHUMAN; TUNISIA; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CADMIUM; CARDIIDAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GILLS; LEAD; SEAWATER; TUNISIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BIVALVIA; CERASTODERMA GLAUCUM;

EID: 33646466773     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-006-0952-8     Document Type: Article

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