Alterations in thyroid hormone status in Greenland sledge dogs exposed to whale blubber contaminated with organohalogen compounds

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 157-163

  Kirkegaard, Maja ^a,b   Sonne, Christian ^b   Dietz, Rune ^b   Letcher, Robert J ^c   Jensen, Asger L ^d   Stige Hansen, Signe ^e   Munro Jenssen, Bjørn ^f   Grandjean, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e Signe Stige Hansen   (Denmark)

^f NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Canis familiaris; Endocrine disruption; Organohalogen contaminants; PCB; Sledge dog; T3; T4; Thyroid; Thyroxine

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; DIELDRIN; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE DERIVATIVE;

BIOASSAY; CANID; DDT; DIELDRIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FAT; HORMONE; ORGANOHALOGEN; TROPHIC LEVEL; WHALE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GREENLAND; NONHUMAN; SWINE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID GLAND; THYROID WEIGHT;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; DIELDRIN; DOGS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GREENLAND; HYDROCARBONS, HALOGENATED; MALE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONES; THYROXINE; TIME FACTORS; WHALES;

BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CETACEA; SUS;

EID: 78049249782     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2010.08.040     Document Type: Article

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