Systemic effects of arctic pollutants in beluga whales indicated by CYP1A1 expression

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 113, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1594-1599

  Wilson, Joanna Y ^a   Cooke, Suzy R ^a,b   Moore, Michael J ^a   Martineau, Daniel ^c   Mikaelian, Igor ^c,e   Metner, Donald A ^d   Lockhart, W Lyle ^d   Stegeman, John J ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e HOFFMANN LA ROCHE INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Beluga whale; CYP1A1; Cytochrome P450 1A1; Immunohistochemistry; St. Lawrence estuary

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; CYTOCHROME P450 1A1; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME INDUCTION; ESTUARY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WATER POLLUTION; WHALE;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BELUGA WHALE; CANADA; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; TESTIS; URINARY BLADDER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS;

EID: 27744590339     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.7664     Document Type: Article

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