PCBs and DDT in the serum of juvenile California sea lions: Associations with vitamins a and e and thyroid hormones

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 323-332

  Debier, Cathy ^a   Ylitalo, Gina M ^b   Weise, Michael ^c   Gulland, Frances ^d   Costa, Daniel P ^c   Le Boeuf, Burney J ^e   De Tillesse, Tanguy ^f   Larondelle, Yvan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Univ C   (United States)

^d THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Faune and Biotopes   (Belgium)

Author keywords

California sea lion; DDT; PCBs; Thyroid hormone; Vitamin

Indexed keywords

COASTAL CONTAMINATION; SEA LIONS; SERUM CONCENTRATIONS; THYROID HORMONES;

COASTAL ZONES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOSYSTEMS; ENZYMES; HORMONES; IMPURITIES; OCEAN HABITATS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TOXICITY; VITAMINS;

BIODIVERSITY;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; LIOTHYRONINE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; RETINOL; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE;

BIOACCUMULATION; DDT; HORMONE; PCB; PINNIPED; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; VITAMIN;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; SEA POLLUTION; SEAL; SEASHORE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; CALIFORNIA; DDT; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; LIPIDS; MALE; OCEANS AND SEAS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEA LIONS; THYROID HORMONES; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE; VITAMIN A; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANO NUEVO ISLAND; CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

OTARIIDAE; PANTHERA LEO; ZALOPHUS; ZALOPHUS CALIFORNIANUS;

EID: 10044278044     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2004.07.012     Document Type: Article

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