An unexpected parallelism between Vitamin A and PCBs in seal milk

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 179-183

  Debier, Cathy ^a   Pomeroy, P P ^b   Thome J P ^c   Mignolet, E ^a   De Tillesse, T ^d   Larondelle, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^d Faune and Biotopes   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Lactation; Milk; PCBs; Seal; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; RETINOL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; LACTATION; PCB; PINNIPED; VITAMIN;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; FOOD COMPOSITION; LACTATION; MILK; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAL; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; LACTATION; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MILK; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SCOTLAND; SEALS, EARLESS; TIME FACTORS; VITAMIN A;

ANIMALIA; HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; MAMMALIA; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 2442630561     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2004.03.010     Document Type: Article

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