Increased oxidative stress in barn swallows from the Chernobyl region

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 205-210

  Bonisoli Alquati, Andrea ^a   Mousseau, Timothy A ^b   Møller, Anders Pape ^c,d   Caprioli, Manuela ^a   Saino, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^d Center for Advanced Study   (Norway)

Author keywords

Antioxidant capacity; Barn swallow; Chernobyl; Oxidative stress; Radioactive contamination; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; RADIOISOTOPE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BELARUS; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HIRUNDO RUSTICA; IONIZING RADIATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SWALLOW (BIRD); UKRAINE;

AVES; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 72049100405     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2009.10.041     Document Type: Article

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