Tissue distribution of polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticides and potential toxicity to Alaskan northern fur seals assessed using PCBs congener specific mode of action schemes

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 478-488

  Wang, Dongli ^a   Shelver, Weilin L ^b   Atkinson, Shannon ^c,d   Mellish, Jo Ann ^c,d   Li, Qing X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b USDA ARS Red River Valley Agricultural Research Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d ALASKA SEALIFE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; CALCIUM; LIPID; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; THYROXINE;

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOMEOSTASIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PINNIPED; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL BINDING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEART; HORMONE TRANSPORT; ION TRAP MASS SPECTROMETRY; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SEAL; THYROID FUNCTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE LEVEL;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FUR SEALS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MALE; OCEANS AND SEAS; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

CALLORHINUS; CALLORHINUS URSINUS;

EID: 76849114874     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-009-9396-6     Document Type: Article

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