The immunotoxicity of environmental contaminants to marine wildlife: A review

Annual Review of Fish Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue , 1996, Pages 151-165

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

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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

^d Seal Rehabilitation and Research Centre   (Netherlands)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Contaminants; Immunotoxicity; Seals; Virus infection

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

EPIZOOTIOLOGY; FOOD CHAIN; IMMUNOTOXICITY; MAMMAL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; REVIEW; SEAL; VIRUS INFECTION; WILDLIFE;

EID: 0030319645     PISSN: 09598030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8030(96)90011-3     Document Type: Review

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