Are liver and renal lesions in East Greenland polar bears (Ursus maritimus) associated with high mercury levels?

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Sonne, Christian ^a   Dietz, Rune ^a   Leifsson, Pall S ^b   Asmund, Gert ^a   Born, Erik W ^c   Kirkegaard, Maja ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BEAR; BIOACCUMULATION; EVALUATION; GREENLAND; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY; KIDNEY INJURY; LIVER; LIVER DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PREY; SEA POLLUTION; AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; FOOD CHAIN; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; POLLUTANT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ERIGNATHUS; ERIGNATHUS BARBATUS; MAMMALIA; PHOCA HISPIDA; URSUS MARITIMUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOOD CHAIN; GREENLAND; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MERCURY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; URSIDAE;

EID: 34247506679     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-6-11     Document Type: Article

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