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Journal of Toxicology & Environmental Health Part A. 68(6):457-84, 2005 Mar 26.

Does high organochlorine (OC) exposure impair the resistance to infection in polar bears (Ursus maritimus)? Part II: Possible effect of OCs on mitogen- and antigen-induced lymphocyte proliferation.

Lie E, Larsen HJ, Larsen S, Johansen GM, Derocher AE, Lunn NJ, Norstrom RJ, Wiig O, Skaare JU

National Veterinary Institute, Oslo, Norway.

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Article type: Curated - Canary ID: 1722

Cause and Effect Analysis Interspecies susceptibility data Shared exposures with humans Shared outcomes with humans Gene sequence data
Yes No No No No
Study type N Routes Sampling Controls Timing
experimental 56 ingestion, mucocutaneous - - -
Exposures DDE
Environmental Pollutants
Hexachlorobenzene
Insecticides, Organochlorine
Lindane
nonachlor, (trans)-isomer
oxychlordane
Polychlorinated Biphenyls
Risk factors Age Factors
Body Weight
Female
Outcomes Immunity, Cellular
Immunosuppression
Lymphocyte Activation
Species Bears
Locations
Canada Manitoba Churchill (populated place)
Svalbard Svalbard (general) Svalbard (first-order administrative division)

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