Contaminant-induced immunosuppression and mass mortalities among harbor seals

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 112-113, Issue , 2000, Pages 319-324

  Van Loveren, H ^a   Ross, P S ^a   Osterhaus, A D M E ^a   Vos, J G ^b  

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

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Harbor seals; Immunotoxicity; PCBs; PCDDs; PCDFs

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACCUMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; IMMUNOTOXICITY; MEASLES VIRUS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAL; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DIET; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOD CHAIN; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; MORBILLIVIRUS INFECTIONS; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RATS; SEALS, EARLESS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; CLUPEA HARENGUS; MORBILLIVIRUS; PHOCA; PHOCA VITULINA; PHOCIDAE; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0034653960     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(99)00198-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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