Bone-related effects of contaminants in seals may be associated with vitamin D and thyroid hormones

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 873-880

  Routti, Heli ^a,b   Nyman, Madeleine ^c   Jenssen, Bjørn Munro ^d   Bäckman, Christina ^e   Koistinen, Jaana ^f   Gabrielsen, Geir Wing ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c Maa ja metsatalousministerio Finland   (Finland)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^e NATL VET AND FOOD RES INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Environmental contaminants; Seal; Thyroid hormone; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BONE; CORRELATION METHODS; HORMONES; PATHOGENS; TOXIC MATERIALS; VITAMINS;

BALTIC SEA; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANTS; SEAL; THYROID HORMONES;

IMPURITIES;

CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; CHLORPHENOTANE; PHOSPHATE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; THYROID HORMONE;

ADULT; BIOACCUMULATION; BONE; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; DDT; HORMONE; PATHOLOGY; PCB; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PINNIPED; POLLUTION EFFECT; VITAMIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BALTIC SEA; BONE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; OSTEOLYSIS; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAL; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID GLAND;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; LIVER; SEALS, EARLESS; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONES; VITAMIN D; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

HALICHOERUS; HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; PHOCA HISPIDA;

EID: 42049085048     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/07-139.1     Document Type: Article

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