Associations between perfluoroalkyl compounds and immune and clinical chemistry parameters in highly exposed bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 736-746

  Fair, Patricia A ^a   Romano, Tracy ^b   Schaefer, Adam M ^c   Reif, John S ^d   Bossart, Gregory D ^e   Houde, Magali ^f   Muir, Derek ^f   Adams, Jeff ^g   Rice, Charles ^h   Hulsey, Thomas C ⁱ   Peden Adams, Margie ^j  

^a CENTER FOR COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND BIOMOLECULAR RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Mystic Aquarium and Institute for Exploration   (United States)

^c FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^e GEORGIA AQUARIUM   (United States)

^f ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^g NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^h CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphins; Hematology; Immunology; Perfluoroalkyl compounds; Serum chemistry

Indexed keywords

BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN (TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS); BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEMATOLOGY; LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS; PERFLUOROALKYL COMPOUNDS; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; SERUM CHEMISTRY;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BODY FLUIDS; CELL PROLIFERATION; HEALTH; IMMUNOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

DOLPHINS (STRUCTURES);

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMYLASE; CD19 ANTIGEN; CD2 ANTIGEN; CHOLESTEROL; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3D RECEPTOR; CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; PERFLUOROALKYL COMPOUND; PERFLUOROALKYL SULFONATE DERIVATIVE; PERFLUOROCARBOXYLATE DERIVATIVE; PERFLUORODECANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; PHOSPHORUS; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DOLPHIN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEALTH RISK; HEMATOLOGY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOFLUORINE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SERUM; WILD POPULATION;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANION GAP; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL PHAGOCYTOSIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GRANULOCYTE; HELPER CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; CAPRYLATES; DECANOIC ACIDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; MALE; SOUTH CAROLINA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHARLESTON; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 84875492424     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.2122     Document Type: Article

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