Perinatal exposure to environmental contaminants detected in Canadian arctic human populations changes bone geometry and biomechanical properties in rat offspring

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 74, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 1304-1318

  Elabbas, Lubna E ^a   Finnilä, Mikko A ^b   Herlin, Maria ^a   Stern, Natalia ^a,c   Trossvik, Christina ^a   Bowers, Wayne J ^d   Nakai, Jamie ^d   Tuukkanen, Juha ^b   Heimeier, Rachel A ^a   Åkesson, Agneta ^a   Håkansson, Helen ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c Hudiksvall Hospital   (Sweden)

^d HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; METHYLMERCURY; NORTHERN CONTAMINANT MIXTURE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRUCTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTAMINATION; DIAPHYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR NECK; GEOMETRY; GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; MATERNAL BLOOD; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; RIGIDITY;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE DISEASES, DEVELOPMENTAL; CANADA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; LACTATION; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MECHANICAL PHENOMENA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RURAL HEALTH;

MAMMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 80051765767     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287394.2011.590103     Document Type: Article

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