Blood-based biomarkers of selenium and thyroid status indicate possible adverse biological effects of mercury and polychlorinated biphenyls in Southern Beaufort Sea polar bears

Environmental Research

Volumn 111, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1124-1136

  Knott, Katrina K ^a   Schenk, Patricia ^b   Beyerlein, Susan ^b   Boyd, Daryle ^c   Ylitalo, Gina M ^c   O'Hara, Todd M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Body condition; Heavy metals; Lipophilic contaminants; Thyroid binding proteins; Whole blood

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LIOTHYRONINE; MERCURY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; THYROXINE;

BEAR; BIOMARKER; BLOOD; BODY CONDITION; CHEMICAL BINDING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; HORMONE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PROTEIN; SELENIUM; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ACCURACY; AGE; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLAR BEAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; THYROID GLAND; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MALE; SELENIUM; SERUM ALBUMIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE; URSIDAE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA;

ANIMALIA; URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 80755135467     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2011.08.009     Document Type: Article

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