Organochlorine-induced histopathology in kidney and liver tissue from Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus)

Chemosphere

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1214-1224

  Sonne, Christian ^a   Wolkers, Hans ^b   Leifsson, Pall S ^c   Jenssen, Bjørn Munro ^d   Fuglei, Eva ^b   Ahlstrøm, Øystein ^e   Dietz, Rune ^a   Kirkegaard, Maja ^a   Muir, Derek C G ^f   Jørgensen, Even ^g  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^e NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^f ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic fox; Histopathology; Kidney; Liver; Organochlorine pesticides; PCB Renal

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CONTAMINATION; NUTRITION; TISSUE;

ARCTIC FOX; HISTOPATHOLOGY; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PCB RENAL;

PATHOLOGY;

ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CONTAMINATION; NUTRITION; PATHOLOGY; TISSUE;

CANID; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEALTH RISK; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LESION; MORPHOLOGY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOX; GLOMERULOPATHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY INJURY; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LEYDIG CELL; LIVER; LIVER INJURY; NONHUMAN; RISK FACTOR; SUMMER; SWINE; WINTER;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; ENERGY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOOD CHAIN; FOXES; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CETACEA; SUS SCROFA; VULPES LAGOPUS;

EID: 41249090507     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.12.028     Document Type: Article

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