Assessment of mercury concentrations in small mammals collected near Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 583-589

  Gerstenberger, S L ^a   Cross, C L ^a   Divine, D D ^b   Gulmatico, M L ^a   Rothweiler, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b Department of Social Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Hair; Las Vegas Wash; Liver; Mercury; Small mammals

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); TISSUE; TOXIC MATERIALS;

HAIR; LAS VEGAS WASH; LIVER; SMALL MAMMALS;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SMALL MAMMAL;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY BURDEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRICETIDAE; DIET; DIPODOMYS; HAIR ANALYSIS; LIVER; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SPECIES HABITAT; SPECTROSCOPY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BODY BURDEN; DIPODOMYS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HAIR; LIVER; MALE; MERCURY; NEVADA; PEROMYSCUS; RODENTIA; SIGMODONTINAE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

LAS VEGAS; NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CHAETODIPUS PENICILLATUS; DIPODOMYS MERRIAMI; MAMMALIA; NEOTOMA LEPIDA; PEROMYSCUS EREMICUS;

EID: 33751206885     PISSN: 15204081     EISSN: 15227278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tox.20221     Document Type: Article

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