Contaminant-induced immunotoxicity in harbour seals: Wildlife at risk?

Toxicology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 157-169

  Ross, Peter ^a,c   De Swart, Rik ^a,b   Addison, Richard ^c   Van Loveren, Henk ^d   Vos, Joseph ^d   Osterhaus, Albert ^a,b  

^a Seal Rehabilitation and Research Centre   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

Immunotoxicology; Morbillivirus; PCBs; PCDDs; PCDFs; Seals

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD CHAIN; IMMUNOTOXICITY; MEASLES VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEAL; WATER POLLUTION; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALIA; CLUPEA HARENGUS; MAMMALIA; MEASLES VIRUS; MORBILLIVIRUS; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 0030590227     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0300-483X(96)03396-3     Document Type: Review

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