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Environ Health Perspect 1995 May;103 Suppl 4:67-72.

Decreased lymphocyte responses in free-ranging bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) are associated with increased concentrations of PCBs and DDT in peripheral blood.

Lahvis GP, Wells RS, Kuehl DW, Stewart JL, Rhinehart HL, Via CS

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore 21201, USA.

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Article type: Curated - Canary ID: 616

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
cross sectional 15 ingestion outcome yes concurrent
Exposures DDT
Polychlorinated Biphenyls
Water Pollutants
Outcomes DDT
Immune System
Lymphocyte Activation
Polychlorinated Biphenyls
Species Tursiops truncatus
Locations location map
United States Florida Sarasota Bay (bay)

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