Bone mineral density in Swedish otters (Lutra lutra) in relation to PCB and DDE concentrations

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1063-1070

  Roos, Anna ^a,c   Rigét, Frank ^b   Örberg, Jan ^c  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Cortical bone; DDE; Lutra lutra; Otter; PCB; Trabecular bone

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDE; PATHOLOGY; PCB; SMALL MAMMAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CARNIVORA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; FEMUR; LUTRA LUTRA; MALE; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; SWEDEN; TRABECULAR BONE;

ANIMALS; BONE DENSITY; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMUR; MALE; MUSCLES; OTTERS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

LUTRA LUTRA; LUTRINAE;

EID: 77953545303     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2010.02.008     Document Type: Article

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