The assessment of biomarkers in sentinel cattle for monitoring vanadium exposure

Journal of Environmental Monitoring

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 445-455

  Gummow, B ^a   Van Den Broek, J ^b   Kirsten, W F A ^c   Botha, C J ^a   Noordhuizen, J P T M ^b   Heesterbeek, J A P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Institute for Soil   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; SERUM ALBUMIN; VANADIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE FARMING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAIR ANALYSIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; THROMBOCYTE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CATTLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VANADIUM;

ANIMALIA; BOS INDICUS; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33744485593     PISSN: 14640325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b513860d     Document Type: Article

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