Comparative fate of organohalogen contaminants in two top carnivores in Greenland: Captive sledge dogs and wild polar bears

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 306-315

  Verreault, Jonathan ^a,b   Dietz, Rune ^c   Sonne, Christian ^c   Gebbink, Wouter A ^a,b   Shahmiri, Soheila ^a   Letcher, Robert J ^a,b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arctic; Bioaccumulation; Biotransformation; Greenland; Metabolites; Organohalogen contaminants; Polar bears; Sledge dogs

Indexed keywords

ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BROMINATION; CARNIVORE; CHLORINATION; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; PHOCA HISPIDA; URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 39749101327     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2007.11.009     Document Type: Article

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