Metal-induced impairment of the cellular immunity of newborn harbor seals (Phoca Vitulina)

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 129-136

  Kakuschke, Antje ^a   Valentine Thon, Elizabeth ^b   Fonfara, Sonja ^a,c   Griesel, Simone ^a   Rosenberger, Tanja ^d   Siebert, Ursula ^c   Prange, Andreas ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b Laboratory Center Bremen   (Germany)

^c Research and Technology Center Westcoast (FTZ)   (Germany)

^d Seal Centre Friedrichskoog EV   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; GOLD; LEAD; MERCURY; METAL; NICKEL; PALLADIUM; SILVER; TIN; TITANIUM;

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; JUVENILE; METAL; PINNIPED; POLLUTION EFFECT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; FEMALE; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHOCA VITULINA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAL; WILDLIFE;

ALKYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; LYMPHOCYTES; METALS; PHOCA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; PHOCA; PHOCA VITULINA;

EID: 43749113588     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-007-9092-3     Document Type: Article

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