Accumulation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and evaluation of hematological and immunological effects of PCB exposure on turtles

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 823-827

  Yu, Shuangying ^a,b   Halbrook, Richard S ^a   Sparling, Donald W ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arochlor 1260; Heterophil; Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Red eared slider turtle; Total white blood cell count

Indexed keywords

AROCHLOR 1260; GASEOUS DIFFUSION; HETEROPHIL; RED-EARED SLIDER TURTLE; WHITE BLOOD CELLS;

BLOOD; CELLS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

AROCLOR; AROCLOR 1260; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MUSCLE; OOCYTE; TURTLE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; AROCLORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MUSCLES; OVUM; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TURTLES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

TESTUDINES; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA ELEGANS;

EID: 84861945651     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-012-0590-2     Document Type: Article

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