Assessment of heavy metals concentrations in soil samples from the vicinity of busy roads: Influence on Drosophila melanogaster life cycle

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 292-299

  Massadeh, Adnan ^a   Al Momani, Fouad ^a   Elbetieha, Ahmed ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

AAS; Analysis; Drosophila; Heavy metals; Roadside soil

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; ZINC; HEAVY METAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; JORDAN; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; PUPA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SURVIVAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; SOIL POLLUTANT; SURVIVAL RATE;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; METALS, HEAVY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 49649106786     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-007-8080-9     Document Type: Article

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