Use of dogs as indicators of metal exposure in rural and urban habitats in NW Spain

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 372, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 668-675

  Lopez Alonso M ^a   Miranda, M ^a   Garcia Partida P ^b   Cantero, F ^a   Hernandez J ^a   Benedito, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diet; Dogs; Kidney; Liver; Toxic metals; Urban and rural habitats

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; NUTRITION; STATISTICAL METHODS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

DOGS; KIDNEY; LIVER; RURAL HABITATS; TOXIXC METALS; URBAN HABITATS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; MERCURY;

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; ARSENIC; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; CADMIUM; CANID; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; GENDER; LEAD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RURAL AREA; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; TOXICITY; URBAN AREA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; DOG; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; SPAIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URBAN POPULATION; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; DOGS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; LEAD; MALE; MERCURY; METALS; RURAL POPULATION; SPAIN; URBAN POPULATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 33845944641     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.10.003     Document Type: Article

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