Relationships between T-cell-mediated immune response and Pb, Zn, Cu, Cd, and as concentrations in blood of nestling white storks (Ciconia ciconia) and black kites (Milvus migrans) from Doñana (southwestern Spain) after the Aznalcóllar toxic spill

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1153-1159

  Baos, Raquel ^a   Jovani, Roger ^a   Forero, Manuela G ^a   Tella, José L ^a   Gómez, Gemma ^b   Jiménez, Begoña ^b   González, María J ^b   Hiraldo, Fernando ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE QUÍMICA ORGÁNICA GENERAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aznalc llar; Black kite; Heavy metals; Immune response; White stork

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HEAVY METALS; LEAD COMPOUNDS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

AZNALCÓLLAR; BLACK KITE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; WHITE STORK;

IMMUNOLOGY;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; ZINC;

BIRD; BLOOD; CADMIUM; COPPER; HAZARDOUS WASTE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LEAD; NESTLING; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CICONIA CICONIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; IMMUNOTOXICITY; MILVUS MIGRANS; MINING; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEST; SPAIN; TOXIC WASTE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANT; T LYMPHOCYTE; TIME;

ANDALUCIA; DONANA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

AVES; CICONIA CICONIA; MILVUS; MILVUS MIGRANS;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; BIRDS; METALS, HEAVY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPAIN; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33746909498     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/05-395R.1     Document Type: Article

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