Heavy metals in brown bears from the central European Carpathians

Acta Veterinaria Brno

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 501-506

  Čelechovská, Olga ^a   Literak I ^a   Ondrus S ^b   Pospisil Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^b Administration of the National Park Low Tatras   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

AAS; Cadmium; Copper; Lead; Mercury; The low tatras

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 35948970906     PISSN: 00017213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2754/avb200675040501     Document Type: Article

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