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• Relationships between concentrations of selected organohalogen contaminants and thyroid hormones and vitamins A, E and D in Faroese pilot whales

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  • K. Hoydal
  • T. Ciesielski
  • A. Borrell
  • A. Wasik
  • R. Letcher
  • M. Dam
  • B. Jenssen

  - ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH - Year 2016

  Pilot whales (Globicephala melas) from the Faroe Islands, North-East Atlantic, have high body concentrations of organohalogenated compounds (OHCs), such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), organochlorinated pesticides (OCPs) and brominated flame retardants (BFRs). The aim of the present study was to examine if and to what extent blood plasma and liver concentrations of several groups of these OHCs are related to concentrations...

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