Historical biomonitoring of fluoride pollution by determining fluoride contents in roe deer (Capreolus capreolus L.) antlers and mandibles in the vicinity of the largest Slovene thermal power plant

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 430-438

  Jelenko, Ida ^a   Pokorny, Boštjan ^a  

^a ERICo Velenje   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Antler; Fluoride; Historical bioindication; Mandible; Roe deer; Slovenia

Indexed keywords

ANTLER; BIOINDICATION; FLUORIDE; MANDIBLE; ROE DEER; SLOVENIA;

AIR CLEANERS; ALUMINOUS REFRACTORIES; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; HISTOLOGY; POWER PLANTS; THERMOELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; TISSUE;

THERMAL POLLUTION;

FLUORIDE;

BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; DEER; FLUORIDE; GEOTHERMAL POWER; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POWER PLANT;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; FAWN; GAS; HORN; LIFESPAN; MANDIBLE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOVENIA; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANTLERS; DEER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FLUORIDES; MANDIBLE; POWER PLANTS;

SLOVENIA; SOSTANJ;

CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS;

EID: 78649732104     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.10.012     Document Type: Article

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