Associations between complex OHC mixtures and thyroid and cortisol hormone levels in East Greenland polar bears

Environmental Research

Volumn 116, Issue , 2012, Pages 26-35

  Bechshoft O ^a   Sonne, C ^a   Dietz, R ^a   Born, E W ^b   Muir, D C G ^c   Letcher, R J ^d   Novak, M A ^e   Henchey, E ^e   Meyer, J S ^e   Jenssen, B M ^f   Villanger, G D ^f  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^f NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Contaminants; Cortisol; HPA axis; Organohalogens; Polar bear; Thyroid hormone

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 1,1,DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HYDROCORTISONE; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; PENTACHLOROBENZENE; THYROID HORMONE; TRICHLOROBENZENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BEAR; BLOOD; HORMONE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTION EFFECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADIPOSE DERIVED STEM CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GREENLAND; HAIR ANALYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLAR BEAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGING; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HAIR; HYDROCARBONS, HALOGENATED; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THYROID HORMONES; THYROXINE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRIIODOTHYRONINE; URSIDAE;

ARCTIC; EAST GREENLAND; GREENLAND;

URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 84861711785     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2012.04.010     Document Type: Article

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