Impaired immunity in harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) exposed to bioaccumulated environmental contaminants: Review of a long-term feeding study

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 104, Issue SUPPL. 4, 1996, Pages 823-828

  De Swart, Rik L ^a,b   Ross, Peter S ^a,c,d   Vos, Joseph G ^c   Osterhaus, Albert D M E ^a,b  

^a Seal Rehabilitation and Research Centre   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental contaminants; Harbour seals; Immunotoxicity; Marine mammals; Organochlorines; Phoca vitulina; Review

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY BURDEN; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; IMMUNOTOXICITY; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA POLLUTION; SEAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALIA; CLUPEA HARENGUS; CORYPHAENIDAE; MAMMALIA; PHOCA VITULINA; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 0029778102     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.96104s4823     Document Type: Conference Paper

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