Considerations on the sample size of wood mice used to biomonitor metals

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 366, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 910-914

  Gonzalez X I ^a   Aboal, J R ^a   Fernandez J A ^a   Carballeira, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Apodemus sylvaticus; Homeostasis; Sample size; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; SOILS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; HOMEOSTASIS; SAMPLE SIZE;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

CHROMIUM; COPPER; MANGANESE; METAL; SERPENTINE; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; CHROMIUM; COPPER; MANGANESE; RODENT; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOMEOSTASIS; KIDNEY; LIVER; MINING; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; KIDNEY; LIVER; METALS, HEAVY; MICE; SAMPLE SIZE; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

APODEMUS SYLVATICUS;

EID: 33745825198     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.10.003     Document Type: Article

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