Transthyretin-binding activity of contaminants in blood from polar bear (Ursus maritimus) cubs

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 4778-4786

  Bytingsvik, Jenny ^a   Simon, Eszter ^b   Leonards, Pim E G ^b   Lamoree, Marja ^b   Lie, Elisabeth ^c   Aars, Jon ^d   Derocher, Andrew E ^e   Wiig, Øystein ^f   Jenssen, Bjørn M ^a   Hamers, Timo ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENTS; BINDING ACTIVITIES; BLOOD PLASMA; EFFECT-DIRECTED ANALYSIS; PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES; PLASMA LEVELS; STANDARD ERRORS; TRANSTHYRETIN;

BLOOD; IMPURITIES; MAMMALS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

CONTAMINATION;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; PREALBUMIN; THYROXINE;

BEAR; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD; BODY MASS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PCB; PLASMA; POLLUTANT; SERUM;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BLOOD; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUB; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLAR BEAR; POLLUTANT; REDUCTION; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; PREALBUMIN; RADIOLIGAND ASSAY; URSIDAE;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84877595791     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es305160v     Document Type: Article

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