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Environ Health Perspect. 2004 Dec;112(17):1711-6.

Is bone mineral composition disrupted by organochlorines in east Greenland polar bears (Ursus maritimus)?

Sonne C, Dietz R, Born EW, Riget FF, Kirkegaard M, Hyldstrup L, Letcher RJ, Muir DC

National Environmental Research Institute, Department of Arctic Environment, Roskilde, Denmark. csh@dmu.dk

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Article type: Curated - Canary ID: 6694

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 139 other, ingestion outcome no historical
Exposures Chlordan
DDT
Dieldrin
Environmental Pollutants
Hexachlorobenzene
Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated
Polychlorinated Biphenyls
Risk factors Age Factors
Male
Outcomes Bone Density
Skull
Species Bears
Locations location map
Svalbard Svalbard (general) Greenland Sea (sea)

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