Toxic effects of the ingestion of water-soluble elements found in soil under the atmospheric influence of an industrial complex

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 317-331

  da Silva Júnior, Flavio Manoel Rodrigues ^a   Silva, Patrick Ferreira ^a   Garcia, Edariane Menestrino ^a   Klein, Roberta Daniele ^a   Peraza Cardoso, Gianni ^a   Baisch, Paulo Roberto ^b   Vargas, Vera Maria Ferrão ^c   Muccillo Baisch, Ana Luíza ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c Fundacao Estadual de Protecao Ambiental Henrique Luis Roessler   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Contaminated soil; Geophagy; Metallic elements; Oxidative damage; Water soluble elements; Wistar male rats

Indexed keywords

GEOPHAGY; HEALTH RISK; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RODENT; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICITY;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84877691744     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-012-9496-5     Document Type: Article

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