Benzo[a]pyrene cytotoxicity in right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) skin, testis and lung cell lines

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 62, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Godard, C A J ^a,b   Wise, S S ^a   Kelly, R S ^a   Goodale, B ^a,b   Kraus, S ^c   Romano, T ^d   O'Hara, T ^e   Wise Sr , J P ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

^b Ocean Alliance   (United States)

^c NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM   (United States)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; PAH; Right whale

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SKIN; TISSUE; TOXICITY;

CYTOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANTS; ETHICAL RESTRICTIONS; RIGHT WHALE;

BIODIVERSITY;

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; QUINOXALINE;

ENDANGERED SPECIES; HEALTH RISK; METABOLISM; PAH; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SKIN; TOXICOLOGY; WHALE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLONOGENIC ASSAY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUBALAENA GLACIALIS; FIBROBLAST; LUNG TOXICITY; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEA POLLUTION; SKIN TOXICITY; TESTIS INJURY; WHALE;

ANIMALS; BENZO(A)PYRENE; CELL LINE; COLONY-FORMING UNITS ASSAY; FIBROBLASTS; LUNG; MALE; SKIN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WHALES;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

BALAENIDAE; CETACEA; EUBALAENA GLACIALIS;

EID: 33744976339     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2006.04.016     Document Type: Article

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