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Are liver and renal lesions in East Greenland polar bears (Ursus maritimus) associated with high mercury levels?

Sonne C, Dietz R, Leifsson PS, Asmund G, Born EW, Kirkegaard M.

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Geographical differences of zinc, cadmium, mercury and selenium in polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from Greenland.

Dietz R, Riget F, Born EW.

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Dehn LA, Follmann EH, Thomas DL, Sheffield GG, Rosa C, Duffy LK, O'Hara TM.

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Riget F, Dietz R, Vorkamp K, Johansen P, Muir D.

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Do organohalogen contaminants contribute to histopathology in liver from East Greenland polar bears (Ursus maritimus)?

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Bioaccumulation and biotransformation of brominated and chlorinated contaminants and their metabolites in ringed seals (Pusa hispida) and polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from East Greenland.

Letcher RJ, Gebbink WA, Sonne C, Born EW, McKinney MA, Dietz R.

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Chlorinated hydrocarbon contaminants in arctic marine mammals.

Norstrom RJ, Muir DC.

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Arctic marine ecosystem contamination.

Muir DC, Wagemann R, Hargrave BT, Thomas DJ, Peakall DB, Norstrom RJ.

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Are organohalogen contaminants a cofactor in the development of renal lesions in east Greenland polar bears (Ursus maritimus)?

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Reproductive performance in East Greenland polar bears (Ursus maritimus) may be affected by organohalogen contaminants as shown by physiologically-based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modelling.

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Cadmium toxicity to ringed seals (Phoca hispida): an epidemiological study of possible cadmium-induced nephropathy and osteodystrophy in ringed seals (Phoca hispida) from Qaanaaq in Northwest Greenland.

Sonne-Hansen C, Dietz R, Leifsson PS, Hyldstrup L, Riget FF.

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Chlorinated hydrocarbon contaminants and metabolites in polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from Alaska, Canada, East Greenland, and Svalbard: 1996-2002.

Verreault J, Muir DC, Norstrom RJ, Stirling I, Fisk AT, Gabrielsen GW, Derocher AE, Evans TJ, Dietz R, Sonne C, Sandala GM, Gebbink W, Riget FF, Born EW, Taylor MK, Nagy J, Letcher RJ.

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Concentrations and interactions of selected essential and non-essential elements in ringed seals and polar bears of arctic Alaska.

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Radiocaesium (137Cs) in marine mammals from Svalbard, the Barents Sea and the North Greenland Sea.

Andersen M, Gwynn JP, Dowdall M, Kovacs KM, Lydersen C.

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Mercury concentrations in Southern Beaufort Sea polar bears: variation based on stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen.

Cardona-Marek T, Knott KK, Meyer BE, O'Hara TM.

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Trends in mercury in hair of Greenlandic polar bears (Ursus maritimus) during 1892-2001.

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Kucklick JR, Struntz WD, Becker PR, York GW, O'Hara TM, Bohonowych JE.

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Spatial and temporal trends and effects of contaminants in the Canadian Arctic marine ecosystem: a review.

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Perflouroalkyl contaminants in liver tissue from East Greenland polar bears (Ursus maritimus).

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