Dietary exposure of mink (Mustela vison) to fish from the Housatonic River, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA: Effects on organ weights and histology and hepatic concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls and 2,3,7,8- tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin toxic equivalence

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1541-1550

  Bursian, Steven J ^a   Sharma, Chanda ^a   Aulerich, Richard J ^a   Yamini, Behzad ^a   Mitchell, Rachel R ^a   Beckett, Kerrie J ^a   Orazio, Carl E ^b   Moore, Dwayne ^c   Svirsky, Susan ^d   Tillitt, Donald E ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Jackson Field Research Station   (United States)

^c CANTOX Environmental   (Canada)

^d US Environmental Protection Agency Region 8   (United States)

Author keywords

Housatonic River; Jaw; Liver; Mink; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; HISTOLOGY; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RIVERS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

HOUSATONIC RIVER; JAW; LIVER; MINK;

BIODIVERSITY;

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 OCTACHLORODIBENZOFURAN; 2,3',4,4',5 PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; 2,3',4,4',5,5' HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; 2,3'4,4',5 PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; 2,3,3',4,4' PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; 2,3,3',4,4',5,5' HEPTACHLOROBIPHENYL; 2,3,3'4,4',5 HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; 2,3,3'4,4',5' HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; 3,3',4,4' TETRACHLOROBIPHENYL; 3,3',4,4',5 PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; 3,3',4,4',5,5' HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; 3,4,4',5 TETRACHLOROBIPHENYL; HEPTACHLORODIBENZO 1,4 DIOXIN; HEPTACHLORODIBENZOFURAN; HEXACHLORODIBENZO 1,4 DIOXIN; HEXACHLORODIBENZOFURAN; OCTACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; PENTACHLORODIBENZO 1,4 DIOXIN; PENTACHLORODIBENZOFURAN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; TETRACHLORODIBENZOFURAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

AQUATIC ORGANISM; DIETARY SHIFT; DIOXIN; FISH; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MAMMAL; PCB; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEEDING; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MINK; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SQUAMOUS CELL; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES; WEANING; ANIMAL; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; FISH; LIVER; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANT;

BERKSHIRE COUNTY; HOUSATONIC RIVER; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CARASSIUS AURATUS; CYPRINUS CARPIO; MUSTELA VISON;

ANIMALS; DIET; FEMALE; FISHES; LIVER; MASSACHUSETTS; MINK; ORGAN SIZE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 33746493498     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/05-407R.1     Document Type: Article

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