Accumulation of trace elements used in semiconductor industry in Formosan squirrel, as a bio-indicator of their exposure, living in Taiwan

Chemosphere

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1270-1279

  Suzuki, Yoshinari ^a   Watanabe, Izumi ^a   Oshida, Tatsuo ^b   Chen, Yen Jean ^c   Lin, Liang Kong ^d   Wang, Yu Huang ^d   Yang, Kouh Cheng ^e   Kuno, Katsuji ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^d TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e PROVIDENCE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bio monitoring; Formosan squirrel; Gallium arsenide (GaAs); Semiconductor; Trace elements pollution

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

BIOMONITORING; FORMOSAN SQUIRREL; TRACE ELEMENTS POLLUTION;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; GALLIUM; INDIUM; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANIMALS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLASMA; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RODENT; SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); INDUSTRY; JAPAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; SQUIRREL; TAIWAN;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; SCIURIDAE; SEMICONDUCTORS; TAIWAN; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HSINCHU; JAPAN; MIAOLI; TAIWAN;

ANIMALIA; CALLOSCIURUS ERYTHRAEUS; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 34249282327     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.01.053     Document Type: Article

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