Renal lesions in Greenland sledge dogs (Canis familiaris) exposed to a natural dietary cocktail of persistent organic pollutants

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 563-576

  Sonne, Christian ^a   Leifsson, Pall S ^b   Dietz, Rune ^a   Kirkegaard, Maja ^a   Møller, Per ^a   Jensen, Asger L ^b   Letcher, Robert J ^c   Shahmiri, Soheila ^c  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Captive cohorts; Kidney; Mercury; Minke whale blubber; Organochlorine pesticides; PBDEs; PCBs; Renal morphology; Sledge dogs; West Greenland

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE COHORTS; MINKE WHALE BLUBBER; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; WEST GREENLANDS;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; ETHANE; IMPURITIES; MORPHOLOGY;

MAMMALS;

CANID; DDT; DIET; LESION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PBDE; PCB; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TROPHIC LEVEL; WHALE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; WEST GREENLAND;

ANIMALIA; BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; MAMMALIA; URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 34447125604     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: 10290486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772240701224515     Document Type: Article

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