Dietary exposure of mink (Mustela vison) to fish from the upper Hudson River, New York, USA: Effects on organ mass and pathology

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 794-801

  Bursian, Steven J ^a   Kern, John ^b   Remington, Richard E ^b   Link, Jane E ^a   Fitzgerald, Scott D ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KERN Statistical Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Hudson River; Mink; Organ weight; Pathology; Polychlorinated biphenyl

Indexed keywords

DIETARY EXPOSURE; EPITHELIAL PROLIFERATION; HEPATIC CONCENTRATIONS; HUDSON RIVER; MINK; ORGAN WEIGHT; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCB); TOXIC EQUIVALENTS TEQ;

FISH; NUTRITION; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PATHOLOGY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RIVERS;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADULT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIET; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; FISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; LESION; MORTALITY; MUSTELID; PATHOLOGY; PCB; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; WEIGHT;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VACUOLE; CONTAMINATED FISH; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEART WEIGHT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; JUVENILE; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; MANDIBLE; MINERALIZATION; MINK; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; OVARY; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; TESTIS; THYROID GLAND; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISHES; HEART; LIVER; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MINK; MYOCARDIUM; NEW YORK; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

HUDSON RIVER; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; MUSTELA; MUSTELA VISON;

EID: 84875493021     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.2114     Document Type: Article

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