Effects of organochlorine contaminants on loggerhead sea turtle immunity: Comparison of a correlative field study and in vitro exposure experiments

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 70-76

  Keller, Jennifer M ^a,b   McClellan Green, Patricia D ^a,c   Kucklick, John R ^b   Keil, Deborah E ^d,h   Peden Adams, Margie M ^d,e,f,g  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^f School of Business   (United States)

^g Mystic Aquarium and Institute for Exploration   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

DDT; Immunotoxicity; Organochlorine contaminants; Organochlorine pesticides; PCBs; Persistent organic pollutants; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Reptile

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; AROCLOR 1254; CHLORDANE; CONCANAVALIN A; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LYSOZYME; MITOGENIC AGENT; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PHORBOL DIBUTYRATE; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL ASSAY; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTATION; FIELD STUDY; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOTOXICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; LEUKOCYTE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICKENS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; LYMPHOCYTES; MITOGENS; MURAMIDASE; TURTLES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; REPTILIA; RODENTIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 30344485168     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.8143     Document Type: Article

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