Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-dna adducts in beluga whales from the arctic

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-4

  Mathieu, A ^a   Payne, J F ^a   Fancey, L L ^a   Santella, R M ^b   Young, T L ^b  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DNA ADDUCT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHALE;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BRAIN; CARCINOGENS; DNA; DNA ADDUCTS; DNA DAMAGE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; WHALES;

EID: 0030916454     PISSN: 00984108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00984109708984006     Document Type: Article

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