The role of organochlorines in cancer-associated mortality in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 30-39

  Ylitalo, Gina M ^a   Stein, John E ^a   Hom, Tom ^a   Johnson, Lyndal L ^a   Tilbury, Karen L ^a   Hall, Ailsa J ^b   Rowles, Teri ^c   Greig, Denise ^d   Lowenstine, Linda J ^e   Gulland, Frances M D ^d  

^a NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^d THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California sea lions; Carcinoma; Marine mammals; Organochlorines

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TISSUE; TUMORS;

METASTATIC CARCINOMA; NEOPLASMS; ORGANOCHLORINE (OC) TISSUE; SEA LIONS;

BIODIVERSITY;

CHLORPHENOTANE; DOMOIC ACID; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

CANCER; DDT; MORTALITY; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; PINNIPED;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; GUNSHOT INJURY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; SEAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES COMPARISON;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CARCINOMA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; LOGISTIC MODELS; SEA LIONS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; OTARIIDAE; PHOCIDAE; ZALOPHUS CALIFORNIANUS;

EID: 19944433795     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2004.08.005     Document Type: Article

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