Comparative baseline levels of mercury, Hsp 70 and Hsp 60 in subsistence fish from the Yukon-Kuskokwim delta region of Alaska

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Pharmacology Toxicology and Endocrinology

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 181-186

  Duffy, Lawrence K ^a   Scofield, Erica ^a   Rodgers, Tauni ^b   Patton, Molly ^b   Bowyer, R Terry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Biomarker; Burbot; Grayling; Hsp 60; Hsp 70; Mercury; Methyl mercury; Pike; Subsistence fish

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 60; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; MERCURY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; GILL; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR;

COREGONUS NELSONI; ESOX LUCIUS; LOTA LOTA; STENODUS LENCICHTHYS; THYMALLUS ARCTICUS;

EID: 0032852690     PISSN: 07428413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-8413(99)00055-9     Document Type: Article

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