Histopathological changes in the earthworm Eisenia andrei associated with the exposure to metals and radionuclides

Chemosphere

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1630-1634

  Lourenço, Joana ^a   Silva, Ana ^a   Carvalho, Fernando ^b   Oliveira, João ^b   Malta, Margarida ^b   Mendo, Sónia ^a   Gonçalves, Fernando ^a   Pereira, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO E NUCLEAR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Eisenia andrei; Histopathology; Metals; Radionuclides

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED MINES; METALS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RADIOISOTOPES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; TISSUE;

EISENIA ANDREI; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HISTOLOGICAL CHANGES; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTESTINAL EPITHELIUM; LONGITUDINAL MUSCLES; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; STANDARDIZED TESTS;

QUALITY CONTROL;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; METAL; RADIOISOTOPE; URANIUM;

BIOMARKER; EARTHWORM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; METAL; MINE; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARTHWORM; ECOTOXICITY; EISANIA ANDREI; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDERMIS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION; URANIUM MINE;

EISENIA ANDREI;

EID: 81155130806     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.08.027     Document Type: Article

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