Do organohalogen contaminants contribute to hispathology in liver from East Greenland polar bears (Ursus maritimus)?

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 113, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1569-1574

  Sonne, Christian ^a,b   Dietz, Rune ^a   Leifsson, Pall S ^b   Born, Erik W ^c   Letcher, Robert J ^d   Kirkegaard, Maja ^a   Muir, Derek C G ^e   Riget, Frank F ^a   Hyldstrup, Lars ^f  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^d CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^f HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

DDT; HCH; PBDE; PCB; Bile duct proliferation; Chlordanes; Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane; Dieldrin; East Greenland; HCB; Hexacyclohexanes; Infiltrations; Ito cells; Lipid granulomas; Liver; Mononuclear cell; Polar bear; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Portal fibrosis; Ursus maritimus

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; LIPID; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEAR; BILE DUCT; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; GREENLAND; HISTOPATHOLOGY; ITO CELL; LIPID STORAGE; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER GRANULOMA; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER HYPERPLASIA; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER TOXICITY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUMMER; WILDLIFE; WINTER;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGING; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GREENLAND; HYDROCARBONS, HALOGENATED; LIPIDS; LIVER; MALE; URSIDAE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 27744591297     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.8038     Document Type: Article

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