Effects of in vitro exposure of beluga whale splenocytes and thymocytes to heavy metals

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1357-1364

  De Guise, Sylvain ^a,b   Bernier, Jacques ^a   Martineau, Daniel ^c   Béland, Pierre ^b   Fournier, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Institut National Decotoxicologie Du Saint Laurent Montreal   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beluga whales; Cadmium; Immunotoxicology; Lead; Mercury

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CONCANAVALIN A; HEAVY METAL; LEAD CHLORIDE; MERCURY CHLORIDE; MITOGENIC AGENT; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ P;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; IMMUNOTOXICITY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MITOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL; THYMOCYTE; WHALE;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS;

EID: 0029840776     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1996)015<1357:eoiveo>2.3.co;2     Document Type: Article

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