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5-year outcome after complete mesocolic excision for right-sided colon cancer: a population-based cohort study
Published in The lancet oncology (01-11-2019)“…SummaryBackgroundThe benefits of extensive lymph node dissection as performed in complete mesocolic excision are still debated, although recent studies have…”
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Population Genomics Reveal Recent Speciation and Rapid Evolutionary Adaptation in Polar Bears
Published in Cell (08-05-2014)“…Polar bears are uniquely adapted to life in the High Arctic and have undergone drastic physiological changes in response to Arctic climates and a hyperlipid…”
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Arctic marine mammal population status, sea ice habitat loss, and conservation recommendations for the 21st century
Published in Conservation biology (01-06-2015)“…Arctic marine mammals (AMMs) are icons of climate change, largely because of their close association with sea ice. However, neither a circumpolar assessment of…”
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Immunologic, reproductive, and carcinogenic risk assessment from POP exposure in East Greenland polar bears (Ursus maritimus) during 1983–2013
Published in Environment international (01-09-2018)“…Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) are among the world's highest trophic level marine predators and as such have some of the highest tissue concentrations of…”
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Three decades (1983–2010) of contaminant trends in East Greenland polar bears (Ursus maritimus). Part 1: Legacy organochlorine contaminants
Published in Environment international (01-09-2013)“…Legacy organochlorine contaminants were determined in adipose tissues from 294 polar bears (Ursus maritimus) sampled in East Greenland in 23 of the 28years…”
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Temporal Trends and Future Predictions of Mercury Concentrations in Northwest Greenland Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) Hair
Published in Environmental science & technology (15-02-2011)“…Hair samples from 117 Northwest Greenland polar bears (Ursus maritimus) were taken during 1892−2008 and analyzed for total mercury (hereafter Hg). The sample…”
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Cortisol levels in hair of East Greenland polar bears
Published in The Science of the total environment (15-01-2011)“…To demonstrate the ability to assess long-term hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenocortical (HPA) axis activity in polar bears ( Ursus maritimus), a pilot study was…”
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Space‐use strategies drive diet composition of Baffin Bay polar bears
Published in Ecosphere (Washington, D.C) (01-04-2024)“…Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) depend on sea ice to hunt their ice‐associated prey. However, climate‐induced sea ice loss is leading to changes in space‐use…”
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Mammalian Mitogenomic Relationships and the Root of the Eutherian Tree
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (11-06-2002)“…The strict orthology of mitochondrial (mt) coding sequences has promoted their use in phylogenetic analyses at different levels. Here we present the results of…”
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Predicting 21st-century polar bear habitat distribution from global climate models [Erratum: 2009 Aug., v. 79, no. 3, p. 522.]
Published in Ecological monographs (01-02-2009)“…Projections of polar bear (Ursus maritimus) sea ice habitat distribution in the polar basin during the 21st century were developed to understand the…”
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Increasing Perfluoroalkyl Contaminants in East Greenland Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus): A New Toxic Threat to the Arctic Bears
Published in Environmental science & technology (01-04-2008)“…A well-defined subsample of 128 subadult (3–5 years) polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from 19 sampling years within the period 1984–2006 was investigated for…”
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Demographic response of a high-Arctic polar bear (Ursus maritimus) subpopulation to changes in sea ice and subsistence harvest
Published in Endangered species research (25-05-2023)“…Climate change is a long-term threat to polar bears. However, sea-ice loss is hypothesized to provide transient benefits in high latitudes, where thick…”
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Tissue-specific congener composition of organohalogen and metabolite contaminants in East Greenland polar bears ( Ursus maritimus)
Published in Environmental pollution (1987) (01-04-2008)“…Congener patterns of the major organohalogen contaminant classes of PCBs, PBDEs and their metabolites and/or by-products (OH-PCBs, MeSO 2-PCBs, OH-PBDEs and…”
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Three decades (1983–2010) of contaminant trends in East Greenland polar bears (Ursus maritimus). Part 2: Brominated flame retardants
Published in Environment international (01-09-2013)“…Brominated flame retardants were determined in adipose tissues from 294 polar bears (Ursus maritimus) sampled in East Greenland in 23 of the 28years between…”
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A novel mark-recapture-recovery survey using genetic sampling for polar bears Ursus maritimus in Baffin Bay
Published in Endangered species research (01-01-2021)“…Changes in sea-ice dynamics are affecting polar bears Ursus maritimus across their circumpolar range, which highlights the importance of periodic demographic…”
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Circumpolar Study of Perfluoroalkyl Contaminants in Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus)
Published in Environmental science & technology (01-08-2005)“…Perfluoroalkyl substances were determined in liver tissues and blood of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from five locations in the North American Arctic and two…”
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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
Published in Environment international (01-11-2009)“…We report on the comparative bioaccumulation, biotransformation and/or biomagnification from East Greenland ringed seal ( Pusa hispida) blubber to polar bear (…”
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Implications of the circumpolar genetic structure of polar bears for their conservation in a rapidly warming Arctic
Published in PloS one (06-01-2015)“…We provide an expansive analysis of polar bear (Ursus maritimus) circumpolar genetic variation during the last two decades of decline in their sea-ice habitat…”
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Decisional stage distribution for colorectal cancer screening among diverse, low-income study participants
Published in Health education research (01-06-2015)“…Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening uptake among minorities and those with lower incomes is suboptimal. Behavioral interventions specifically tailored to these…”
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Range contraction and increasing isolation of a polar bear subpopulation in an era of sea‐ice loss
Published in Ecology and evolution (01-02-2018)“…Climate change is expected to result in range shifts and habitat fragmentation for many species. In the Arctic, loss of sea ice will reduce barriers to…”
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