Organochlorines in top predators at Svalbard - Occurrence, levels and effects

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 112-113, Issue , 2000, Pages 103-109

  Skaare, Janneche Utne ^a   Bernhoft, Aksel ^a   Derocher, Andrew ^c   Gabrielsen, Geir Wing ^c   Goksøyr, Anders ^d   Henriksen, Espen ^c   Larsen, Hans Jørgen ^b   Lie, Elisabeth ^a   Wiig, Øystein ^e  

^a NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Effects; Glaucous gull; Levels; PCB; Polar bear

Indexed keywords

ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; RETINOL; THYROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCTIC; CONFERENCE PAPER; IMMUNOTOXICITY; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; POLLUTION; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SVALBARD; URSIDAE; VITAMIN A;

LARUS HYPERBOREUS; NEMATODA; URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 0034653360     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(99)00256-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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