Heavy-metal levels in feathers of cattle egret and their surrounding environment: A case of the Punjab Province, Pakistan

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 139-153

  Ullah, Kaleem ^a   Hashmi, Muhammad Zaffar ^b   Malik, Riffat Naseem ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; LITHIUM; MANGANESE; NICKEL; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; BIRD; FEATHER; FLIGHT; HEAVY METAL; HUMAN ACTIVITY; POPULATION DECLINE; REPRODUCTION; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIRD; CATTLE EGRET; FEATHER; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; PREY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS;

PAKISTAN; PUNJAB [PAKISTAN];

BUBULCUS;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEATHERS; METALS, HEAVY; PAKISTAN;

EID: 84898819699     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: 14320703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-013-9939-8     Document Type: Article

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