Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in grey seals during their first year of life - Are they thyroid hormone endocrine disrupters?

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-37

  Hall, Ailsa J ^a   Kalantzi, Olga I ^b   Thomas, Gareth O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contaminants; Exposure; Halichoerus grypus; Marine mammal

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; CHOLESTEROL; ETHERS; HORMONES; PROTEINS;

GREY SEALS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL; THYROID HORMONE;

BIOACCUMULATION; MARINE MAMMAL; PINNIPED; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; SEAL;

ANIMALIA; GRYPUS; HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; MAMMALIA; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 0037633772     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(03)00149-0     Document Type: Article

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