Association between lymphocyte proliferation and polychlorinated biphenyls in free-ranging harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) pups from British Columbia, Canada

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1247-1252

  Levin, Milton ^a   De Guise, Sylvain ^a   Ross, Peter S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Harbor seal; Immunology; Immunotoxicology; Lymphocyte proliferation; Polychlorinated biphenyl

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CELLS; CONTAMINATION; NITROGEN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYSACCHARIDES;

HARBOR SEAL; MITOGEN; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; VIRAL INFECTIONS;

BIODIVERSITY;

CONCANAVALIN A; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MITOGENIC AGENT; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; PCB; PINNIPED; POLLUTION EFFECT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOTOXICITY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PHOCA VITULINA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BRITISH COLUMBIA; PHOCA; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; T-LYMPHOCYTES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

MAMMALIA; PHOCA VITULINA; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 18244373457     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/04-206R.1     Document Type: Article

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