Vitamins A1, A2, and E in minks exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls (Aroclor 1242®) and copper, via diet based on freshwater or marine fish

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2595-2599

  Käkelä, Reijo ^a   Käkelä, Anne ^a   Hyvärinen, Heikki ^a   Asikainen, Juha ^a   Dahl, Sanna Kaisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Copper; Mink; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Vitamin A; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; AROCLOR 1242; FRESH WATER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; RETINOL;

AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHLORINATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; DIETARY INTAKE; ECOSYSTEM; EPITHELIUM CELL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MINK; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

EID: 0344678349     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620181129     Document Type: Article

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