Biomarker responses and decreasing contaminant levels in ringed seals (Pusa hispida) from Svalbard, Norway

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 71, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 1009-1018

  Wolkers, Hans ^a   Krafft, Bjørn A ^a   Van Bavel, Bert ^b   Helgason, Lisa B ^a   Lydersen, Christian ^a   Kovacs, Kit M ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CAMPHECLOR; CHLORDANE; CYTOCHROME P450; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; PESTICIDE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; CYTOCHROME P450 1A1;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PUSA HISPIDA; SAMPLING; SEAL; WILDLIFE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYMOLOGY; LIVER; LIVER MICROSOME; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHOCA; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALIA; PHOCA HISPIDA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; LIVER; MALE; MICROSOMES, LIVER; NORWAY; PHOCA; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 46449089147     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390801907558     Document Type: Article

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