Organochlorine concentrations in diseased vs. healthy gull chicks from the northern Baltic

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 411-423

  Hario, Martti ^a   Hirvi, Juha Pekka ^b   Hollmén, Tuula ^c   Rudbäck, Eeva ^d  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c ALASKA SEALIFE CENTER   (United States)

^d Helsinki Zoo   (Finland)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Chick mortality; Diseases; Endangered gull; POPs

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DISEASES; HEALTH;

INFLAMMATORY DISEASES;

BIODIVERSITY;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LINDANE; NONACHLOR; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; OXYCHLORDANE;

BIOACCUMULATION; DISEASE PREVALENCE; MORTALITY; ORGANOCHLORINE; SEABIRD;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BALTIC STATES; BIRD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DISEASE COURSE; EGG; ENTERITIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD INTAKE; HERRING; LIVER LEVEL; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; SEPSIS; SPECIES; STARVATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; GULF OF FINLAND;

AVES; CLUPEA HARENGUS; LARUS; LARUS ARGENTATUS; LARUS FUSCUS; LARUS FUSCUS FUSCUS;

EID: 0344861968     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2003.08.008     Document Type: Article

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