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ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
Volume 139, Issue 3, Pages 561-575Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2005.04.038
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rodents; heavy metals; exposure assessment; liver spleen; kidney; hair; histopathological changes
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Data gathered in this study suggested the exposure of rats and Algerian mice, living in in abandoned mining area. to it mixture of heavy metals. Although similar histopathological features were recorded in the liver and spleen of both species, the Algerian Mouse has proved to be the strongest bioaccumulator species. Hair was considered to be a good biological material to monitor environmental contamination of Cr in rats. Significant positive associations were found between the levels of this element in hair/ kidney (r = 0.826, n = 9, p < 0.01) and hair/liver (r = 0.697, n = 9, p = 0.037). Although no association Was found between the levels of As recorded in the hair and in the organs, the levels of this element recorded in the hair, of both species, were significantly higher in animals Captured in the mining area, which met the data from the organs analysed. Nevertheless, more Studies will be needed to reduce uncertainty about cause-effect relationships. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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