Rapid communication: Orcanohalocen levels in harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) pups increase with duration of nursing

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 687-691

  Neale, Jennifer C C ^a   Schmelzer, Kara R ^a   Gulland, Frances M D ^b   Berg, Elizabeth A ^a   Tjeerdema, Ronald S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; INSECTICIDE; PENTABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BREAST MILK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LACTATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA POLLUTION; SEAL; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; METABOLISM; MILK; PHOCA; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT;

MAMMALIA; PHOCA VITULINA; PHOCIDAE;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; FEMALE; HYDROCARBONS, HALOGENATED; INSECTICIDES; LACTATION; MILK; PHENYL ETHERS; PHOCA; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 19544385262     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390590925429     Document Type: Article

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