Residues of chromium, nickel, cadmium and lead in Rook Corvus frugilegus eggshells from urban and rural areas of Poland

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 490, Issue , 2014, Pages 1057-1064

  Orłowski, Grzegorz ^a   Kasprzykowski, Zbigniew ^b   Dobicki, Wojciech ^c   Pokorny, Przemysław ^c   Wuczyński, Andrzej ^d   Polechoński, Ryszard ^c   Mazgajski, Tomasz D ^e  

^a POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b SIEDLCE UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Poland)

^c WROC AW UNIVERSITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^d INSTITUTE OF NATURE CONSERVATION   (Poland)

^e MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Agricultural contaminants; Non essential elements; Soil contamination; Soil invertebrate diet; Toxic metals; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; LEAD; NICKEL; RURAL AREAS; SOILS; TRACE ELEMENTS; URBAN GROWTH;

AGRICULTURAL CONTAMINANTS; CADMIUM AND LEADS; POLLUTION GRADIENT; RURAL AND URBAN; SOIL CONTAMINATION; SOIL ENVIRONMENT; TOXIC METALS; URBAN AND RURAL AREAS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; LEAD; NICKEL; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTANT;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOACCUMULATION; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EGGSHELL; LEAD; NICKEL; PASSERINE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RURAL AREA; SOIL POLLUTION; TRACE ELEMENT; TRACE METAL;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORVUS FRUGILEGUS; EGG SHELL; NONHUMAN; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OOCYTE; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

POLAND;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; METALS, HEAVY; NICKEL; OVUM; POLAND;

EID: 84901981774     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.05.105     Document Type: Article

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