Relevance of hair and spines of the European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) as biomonitoring tissues for arsenic and metals in relation to blood

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1775-1783

  Vermeulen, Frouke ^a   D'Havé, Helga ^a   Mubiana, Valentine K ^a   Van den Brink, Nico W ^b   Blust, Ronny ^a   Bervoets, Lieven ^a   De Coen, Wim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Exposure; Mammals; Nondestructive monitoring

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; BIO-MONITORING; BLOOD CONCENTRATIONS; CR CONCENTRATIONS; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENTS; EXPOSURE LEVELS; FOOD CHAINS; MAMMALIAN SPECIES; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; METAL POLLUTIONS; NEGATIVE CORRELATIONS; NON-DESTRUCTIVE; NON-INVASIVE; NONDESTRUCTIVE MONITORING; POLLUTED SITES; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; TISSUE CONCENTRATIONS;

ARSENIC; BLOOD; CHROMIUM; IMPURITIES; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; MAMMALS; METALS; PARKS;

POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BIOMONITORING; BLOOD; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOOD CHAIN; HAIR; LEAD; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SMALL MAMMAL;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HAIR; HEDGEHOGS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METALS, HEAVY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

ERINACEIDAE; ERINACEUS EUROPAEUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 59149093109     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.10.039     Document Type: Article

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