Cortisol levels in hair of East Greenland polar bears

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 831-834

  Bechshoft T ^a   Sonne, C ^a   Dietz, R ^a   Born, E W ^b   Novak, M A ^c   Henchey, E ^c   Meyer, J S ^c  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Contaminants; Cortisol; Hair; Hormone; Polar bear; Stress; Ursus maritimus

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINANTS; CORTISOL; HAIR; POLAR BEARS; URSUS MARITIMUS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

CONTAMINATION;

HYDROCORTISONE; MERCURY; THYROID HORMONE;

BEAR; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HAIR; HORMONE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GREENLAND; HAIR LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE HAIR LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PILOT STUDY; POLAR BEAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GREENLAND; HAIR; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; URSIDAE;

ARCTIC; EAST GREENLAND; GREENLAND;

URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 78650992274     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.10.047     Document Type: Article

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