Suppression of natural killer cell activity in harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) fed Baltic Sea herring

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 71-84

  Ross, P S ^a,b   De Swart, R L ^a,d   Timmerman, H H ^b   Reijnders, P J H ^c   Vos, J G ^b   Van Loveren, H ^b   Osterhaus, A D M E ^a,b,d  

^a Seal Rehabilitation and Research Centre   (Netherlands)

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

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Contaminants; Immunosuppression; Morbillivirus; Natural killer cells; Organochlorines; Phoca vitulina (Harbour seal); Season

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; INTERLEUKIN 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CYTOTOXICITY; FISH; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOTOXICITY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAL; SEASON; VIRUS INFECTION;

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

EID: 0030038787     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-445X(95)00031-X     Document Type: Article

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