Relationship between persistent halogenated organic contaminants and TCDD-toxic equivalents on EROD activity and retinoid and thyroid hormone status in northern fulmars

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 6117-6123

  Helgason, Lisa B ^a   Verreault, Jonathan ^b   Braune, Birgit M ^c   Borgå, Katrine ^d   Primicerio, Raul ^e   Jenssen, Bjørn M ^f   Gabrielsen, Geir W ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^f NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic; Ethoxyresorufin O deethylase (EROD); Northern fulmar; Retinoids; Seabirds; Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC; ETHOXYRESORUFIN-O-DEETHYLASE; NORTHERN FULMAR; RETINOIDS; SEABIRDS; THYROID HORMONES;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENDOCRINOLOGY; HALOGENATION; LIVER; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

HORMONES;

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; CYTOCHROME P450 1A; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; RETINOID; RETINOL; RETINOL PALMITATE; THYROID HORMONE;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; BLOOD; DIOXIN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HORMONE; PCB; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEABIRD; TCDD;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD LEVEL; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROCARBONS, HALOGENATED; LIVER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETINOIDS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; THYROID HORMONES; VITAMIN A; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

ARCTIC;

FULMARUS GLACIALIS;

EID: 77958103544     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.08.037     Document Type: Article

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