Non-destructive pollution exposure assessment by means of wood mice hair

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 443-451

  Beernaert, Joke ^a   Scheirs, Jan ^a   Leirs, Herwig ^a   Blust, Ronny ^b   Verhagen, Ron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b Ecophysiology   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Apodemus sylvaticus; Hair; Heavy metals; Non destructive monitoring tool

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEAVY METALS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; POLLUTION; TISSUE;

APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; HAIR; NON-DESTRUCTIVE MONITORING TOOL; WOOD MICE;

BIODIVERSITY;

CADMIUM; COPPER; ZINC;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RODENT; ZINC;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXPOSURE; HAIR; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LIVER; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MOUSE; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; WOOD;

AGING; ANIMALS; CADMIUM; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAIR; KIDNEY; LEAD; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; MURINAE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SEX RATIO; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ZINC;

APODEMUS SYLVATICUS;

EID: 33751420256     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2006.04.025     Document Type: Article

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