Tumor Prevalence and Biomarkers of Exposure in Brown Bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus) from Back River, Furnace Creek, and Tuckahoe River, Maryland

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 492-501

  Pinkney, A E ^a   Harshbarger, J C ^b   May, E B ^c   Melancon, M J ^d  

^a Chesapeake Bay Field Office   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE   (United States)

^d PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZO[A]PYRENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYTOCHROME P450; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE;

BIOMARKER; FISH; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TUMOR;

AMEIURUS NEBULOSUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FISH; FLUORESCENCE; LIVER TUMOR; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN TUMOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

MARYLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AMEIURUS; AMEIURUS NEBULOSUS; ANIMALIA; BARBUS; COTTUS GOBIO; MARTES PENNANTI;

EID: 1942498936     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-003-2252-1     Document Type: Article

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