Effects of gender, diet, exogenous melatonin and subchronic PCB exposure on plasma immunoglobulin G in mink

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 67-74

  Käkelä, Reijo ^a   Jokinen, Ilmari ^b   Käkelä, Anne ^a,c   Hyvärinen, Heikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Fish diet; Gender; Immunoglobulin G; Melatonin; Mink; PCB; Vitamin A; Vitamin E; glucan

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; AROCLOR 1242; BETA GLUCAN; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LIPID; MELATONIN; RETINOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MINK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; CLUPEA HARENGUS; GADUS MORHUA; MUSTELA; MUSTELA VISON;

EID: 0036258872     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1532-0456(02)00047-9     Document Type: Article

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