Polychlorinated dibenzo-P-dioxin, polychlorinated dibenzofuran, and polychlorinated biphenyl accumulation in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) near a magnesium smelter in Quebec, Canada

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2650-2659

  Tolley, Cecilia ^a   Blais, Jules M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dioxin; Polychlorinated biphenyl; Risk assessment; Smelter; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; IMPURITIES; MAGNESIUM; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PROTEINS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CHLORINATED ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS; WHITE-TAILED DEER;

BIOACCUMULATION;

CYTOCHROME P450 1A; MAGNESIUM; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

BIOACCUMULATION; CHLORINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEER; MEASUREMENT METHOD; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIVER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMELTER; WHITE TAILED DEER;

ANIMALS; BENZOFURANS; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; DEER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; MAGNESIUM; MEAT; MINING; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; QUEBEC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

CENTROPOGON SURINAMENSIS; CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 37049015348     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/07-107.1     Document Type: Article

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