Immunosuppression in mice fed on diets containing beluga whale blubber from the St Lawrence Estuary and the Arctic populations

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 112-113, Issue , 2000, Pages 311-317

  Fournier, M ^a   Degas V ^a   Colborn, T ^c   Omara, F O ^a   Denizeau, F ^b   Potworowski, E F ^a   Brousseau, P ^a  

^a INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c WORLD WILDLIFE FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Beluga whale blubber; Immunosuppression; Organochlorine compounds

Indexed keywords

CD8 ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCTIC; BLASTOCYST; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; IMMUNOTOXICITY; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL; SPLEEN WEIGHT; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS; WHALE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; DIETARY FATS; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PHAGOCYTOSIS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WHALES;

CETACEA; DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0343340006     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(99)00241-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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