Mineral density and biomechanical properties of bone tissue from male Arctic foxes (Vulpes lagopus) exposed to organochlorine contaminants and emaciation

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 97-103

  Sonne, Christian ^a   Wolkers, Hans ^b   Rigét, Frank F ^a   Jensen, Jens Erik Beck ^c   Teilmann, Jenni ^c   Jenssen, Bjørn Munro ^d   Fuglei, Eva ^b   Ahlstrøm, Øystein ^e   Dietz, Rune ^a   Muir, Derek C G ^f   Jørgensen, Even H ^g,h  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (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)

^h NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alopex lagopus; Arctic fox; Balaenoptera acutorostrata; Biomechanical; BMD; Bone mineral density; Compression; Farm fox; Minke whale; OCs; Organochlorines; PCB; Vulpes lagopus

Indexed keywords

ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; BONE TISSUE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMUR; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOX; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKULL; SUMMER; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WHALE; WINTER; X RAY;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; BACULUM; BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; CANIDAE; CETACEA; MAMMALIA; PLEBEJUS AQUILO; SUS SCROFA; VERTEBRATA; VULPES LAGOPUS;

EID: 57049155063     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2008.07.015     Document Type: Article

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