Organohalogen contaminants in blood of Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) and green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) from the Gulf of Mexico

Chemosphere

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 731-741

  Swarthout, Robert F ^a,b   Keller, Jennifer M ^a   Peden Adams, Margie ^c   Landry, Andre M ^d   Fair, Patricia A ^c,e   Kucklick, John R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Department of Teacher Education and Department of Sociology and Anthropology   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CENTER FOR COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND BIOMOLECULAR RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aroclor 1268; Clinical plasma chemistry; Health effects; PBDE; Persistent organic pollutant; Reptile

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; DRUG PRODUCTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOMETRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POPULATION STATISTICS; UREA;

AROCLORS; HEALTH EFFECTS; PBDE; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); PLASMA CHEMISTRIES; REPTILE;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BLOOD; CHLORDANE; DDT; HEMATOLOGY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; ORGANOHALOGEN; PBDE; PCB; PESTICIDE; TROPHIC LEVEL; TURTLE;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHELONIA MYDAS; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LEPIDOCHELYS KEMPII; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

CHELONIA (GENUS); CHELONIA MYDAS; LEPIDOCHELYS KEMPII; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 73749085876     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.10.059     Document Type: Article

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