Skull pathology in East Greenland and Svalbard polar bears (Ursus maritimus) during 1892 to 2002 in relation to organochlorine pollution

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 372, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 554-561

  Sonne, Christian ^a,b   Rigét, Frank F ^a   Dietz, Rune ^a   Wiig, Øystein ^c   Kirkegaard, Maja ^a   Born, Erik W ^d  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

Author keywords

East Greenland; Organochlorines; Periodontitis; Polar bear; Svalbard; Tooth wear; Ursus maritimus

Indexed keywords

BONE; CHLORINE; HEALTH HAZARDS; ORGANOMETALLICS; POLLUTION;

ORGANOCHLORINE POLLUTION; ORGANOCHLORINES; PERIODONTITIS; POLAR BEARS; TOOTH WEAR; URSUS MARITIMUS;

PATHOLOGY;

ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BEAR; DENTAL HEALTH; ORGANOCHLORINE; PATHOLOGY; PCB; POLLUTION EFFECT; SKULL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEAR; BONE STRUCTURE; CANINE TOOTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXOSTOSIS; GREENLAND; INCISOR; MOLAR TOOTH; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PERIODONTITIS; POLLUTION; PREMOLAR TOOTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SKULL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; TOOTH DISEASE;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; GREENLAND; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MALE; PERIODONTITIS; SKULL; SVALBARD; TOOTH; URSIDAE;

ARCTIC; EAST GREENLAND; GREENLAND; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 33846030467     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.10.024     Document Type: Article

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