Metals in liver and kidneys and the effects of chronic exposure to pyrite mine pollution in the shrew Crocidura russula inhabiting the protected wetland of Doñana

Chemosphere

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 387-394

  Sánchez Chardi, Alejandro ^a,b   Ribeiro, Ciro Alberto Oliveira ^c   Nadal, Jacint ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Genotoxicity; Heavy metals; Morphometric parameters; Protected areas; Shrew

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL DEATH; CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEAVY METALS; MAMMALS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; POLLUTION; PYRITES; WETLANDS;

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; GENOTOXICITIES; METAL BIOACCUMULATION; MICRONUCLEUS FREQUENCIES; MORPHOMETRIC PARAMETERS; PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; PROTECTED AREAS; SHREW;

BLOOD;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MERCURY; METAL; MOLYBDENUM; PYRITE; SOIL WATER; ZINC;

APOPTOSIS; BIOACCUMULATION; DIET; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MAMMAL; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; METAL; MORPHOMETRY; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PROTECTED AREA; PYRITE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GENOTOXICITY; HISTOLOGY; KIDNEY; LIVER; LIVER CELL; LIVER NECROSIS; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MAMMAL; MICRONUCLEUS; MINING; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; SHREW; SPILLAGE; WETLAND;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CROCIDURA; CROCIDURA RUSSULA; MAMMALIA; SORICIDAE;

EID: 67349099633     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.03.036     Document Type: Article

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