Wildlife as sentinels of human health effects in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence basin

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 109, Issue SUPPL. 6, 2001, Pages 853-861

  Fox, Glen A ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beluga; Biomarkers; Developmental toxicity; Effects monitoring; Fish eating birds; Genotoxicity; Great Lakes; Human health; Immune response; Metabolic diseases; Sentinel species; Thyroid; Tumors; Turtles

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CANADA; CANCER; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EAGLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENOTOXICITY; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GOITER; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INCIDENCE; LAKE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METABOLIC DISORDER; MINK; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POLICY; POLLUTANT; PORPHYRIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; REVIEW; THYROID DISEASE; TURTLE; WASTING SYNDROME; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALIA; ARDEIDAE; AVES; CHELYDRIDAE; CICONIIFORMES; CLUPEA HARENGUS; HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS; HIRUNDINIDAE; LARUS ARGENTATUS; MUSTELA VISON; NYCTICORAX; TACHYCINETA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0035681994     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.01109s6853     Document Type: Review

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