Immunoquantitation and microsomal monooxygenase activities of hepatic cytochromes P4501A and P4502B and chlorinated hydrocarbon contaminant levels in polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 127-140

  Letcher, Robert J ^a   Norstrom, Ross J ^a,b   Lin, Song ^c   Ramsay, Malcolm A ^d   Bandiera, Stelvio M ^c  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORDANE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; CYTOCHROME P450 ISOENZYME; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEAR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNOASSAY; ISOMER; LIVER MICROSOME; MALE; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0029877141     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.1996.0065     Document Type: Article

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