Study of the relation between the incidence of uterine leiomyomas and the concentrations of PCB and DDT in Baltic gray seals

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 247-255

  Bredhult, Carolina ^a   Bäcklin, Britt Marie ^b   Bignert, Anders ^b   Olovsson, Matts ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic gray seal; DDT; Exposure; Myoma; PCB; Prevalence; Proliferation; Uterine leiomyoma

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BALTIC SEA; BIOTA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SEAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UTERUS MYOMA; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; DDT; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; LEIOMYOMA; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; SEALS, EARLESS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

HALICHOERUS GRYPUS;

EID: 39749102869     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2007.11.008     Document Type: Article

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