Associations between vitamins A and E and legacy POP levels in highly contaminated Greenland sharks (Somniosus microcephalus)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 442, Issue , 2013, Pages 445-454

  Molde, Kristine ^a   Ciesielski, Tomasz M ^a   Fisk, Aaron T ^b   Lydersen, Christian ^c   Kovacs, Kit M ^c   Sørmo, Eugen G ^a   Jenssen, Bjørn M ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^c NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic; Pollution; Retinoids; Sharks; Tocopherol

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC; ARCTIC MARINE; DAVIS STRAIT; DIOXIN-LIKE COMPOUNDS; GREENLAND; HEALTH EFFECTS; ICELANDS; INVERSE RELATIONSHIP; MARINE MAMMALS; PCB CONGENERS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); PLASMA LEVELS; RETINOIDS; RETINYL PALMITATE; SHARKS; SVALBARD; TELEOST FISH; TOCOPHEROL; TOP PREDATOR; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN-E;

MAMMALS; PLASMAS; POLLUTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; RETINOL; RETINOL PALMITATE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 2,2',4,4',5,5' HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; MIREX; NONACHLOR; OXYCHLORDANE; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

DDT; HOMEOSTASIS; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; PLASMA; SHARK; VITAMIN; HEALTH IMPACT; POLLUTION EFFECT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTAMINATED FISH; FEMALE; GREENLAND; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHARK; SOMNIOSUS MICROCEPHALUS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARCTIC; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ICELAND; NORWAY; ORGANIC POLLUTION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOBRANCHII; MAMMALIA; SOMNIOSUS MICROCEPHALUS; TELEOSTEI;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GREENLAND; MALE; NORWAY; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SHARKS; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN E; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84869879253     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.10.012     Document Type: Article

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