Health of herring gulls (Larus argentatus) in relation to breeding location in the early 1990s. II. Cellular and histopathological measures

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 70, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 1471-1491

  Fox, Glen A ^a,d   Grasman, Keith A ^b   Campbell, G Douglas ^c  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CALVIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; LEAD;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; CELL VACUOLE; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEMATOLOGY; HEPATITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TUBULE; LAKE; LIPOGRANULOMA; LIVER; LIVER CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIRD DISEASES; CHARADRIIFORMES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; GREAT LAKES REGION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; REPRODUCTION; SPLEEN;

LARUS ARGENTATUS;

EID: 34547820985     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390701384536     Document Type: Article

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