Risk assessment of heavy metal contamination in soil and wild Libyan jird Meriones libycus in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 813-819

  Adham, Khadiga G ^a,b   Al Eisa, Nadia A ^a   Farhood, Manal H ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Bioindicator; Libyan jird; Metal toxicity; Organ accumulation

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RODENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TYPE; WILD POPULATION;

RIYADH [SAUDI ARABIA]; SAUDI ARABIA;

MERIONES; MERIONES LIBYCUS;

EID: 79961208040     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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