Comparative chronic liver toxicity of benzo[a]pyrene in two populations of the atlantic killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus) with different exposure histories

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1376-1381

  Wills, Lauren P ^a,b   Jung, Dawoon ^a,c   Koehrn, Kara ^a   Zhu, Shiqian ^d   Willett, Kristine L ^d   Hinton, David E ^a   di Giulio, Richard T ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzo a pyrene; Fundulus heteroclitus; Hepatotoxicity; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

BENZO[A]PYRENE; CELL NUCLEUS DNA; CYTOCHROME P450 1A; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER TOXICITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; DNA DAMAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPOSURE; HEPATOCELLULAR ADENOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; JUVENILE ANIMAL; LARVA; LIVER ADENOMA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TOXICITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CYPRINODONTOIDEI; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS;

EID: 77957905683     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0901799     Document Type: Article

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