Environmental exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls among raccoons (Procyon lotor) at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Western Kentucky, USA

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 406-416

  Smith, Philip N ^a   Johnson, Kevin A ^b   Anderson, Todd A ^a   McMurry, Scott T ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Paducah; Polychlorinated biphenyl; Raccoon; Radiation; Serum chemistry

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; TISSUE;

RACCOONS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

CARNIVORE; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

AIR POLLUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BETA RADIATION; BODY BURDEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GAS DIFFUSION; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT QUALITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACCOON; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BLOOD PROTEINS; BODY BURDEN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; KENTUCKY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; METALLURGY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RACCOONS; RADIATION MONITORING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; URANIUM;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0347520934     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(2003)022<0406:EETPBA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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