Yusho disease
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Yusho disease Caused by leakage of polychlorinated biphenyls which contaminated edible oil on the Japanese island of Kyushu in 1968.
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A reassessment of the nomenclature of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) metabolites.(Commentary)
Magazine article from: Environmental Health Perspectives; 3/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...metabolites, nomenclature, polychlorinated biphenyls. doi:10...6409 Nomenclature of Polychlorinated Biphenyls Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are a class of...atoms are attached to a biphenyl backbone. Theoretically...
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Body burdens of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, dibenzofurans, and biphenyls and their relations to estrogen metabolism in pregnant women.(Research)
Magazine article from: Environmental Health Perspectives; 5/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs, dioxins), polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs), and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are environmental endocrine disruptors that have half-lives of 7-10 years in the human body and have...
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Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, dibenzofurans, and biphenyls in fishermen in Finland. (Articles).
Magazine article from: Environmental Health Perspectives; 4/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...plasma concentrations of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and...dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs), and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in fishermen from...fisherman, modeling TEq, polychlorinated biphenyls, polychlorinated...
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Polychlorinated biphenyls and reproductive hormones in female polar bears at Svalbard. (Research).
Magazine article from: Environmental Health Perspectives; 4/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...High concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in polar bears...sum of all analyzed polychlorinated biphenyl congeners) concentrations...web (Oehme 1991). Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), chlordanes...
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Half-life of polychlorinated biphenyls in occupationally exposed workers.
Magazine article from: Archives of Environmental Health; 11/1/1989; ; 700+ words
; Half-Life of Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Occupationally Exposed...In 1977 and 1985, serum polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) concentrations...Indiana, factory that used polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in capacitor manufacture...
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Polychlorinated biphenyls and breast cancer risk ambiguous.
Newspaper article from: Life Science Weekly; 10/12/2004; 700+ words
; ...The association between polychlorinated biphenyls and breast cancer risk remains...the risk of exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) on breast...Journal of Epidemiology (Polychlorinated biphenyls and breast cancer...
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Polychlorinated biphenyl pollutants cross the placental barrier.
Newspaper article from: Hematology Week; 11/22/2004; 700+ words
; ...amp; NewsRx.net) -- Polychlorinated biphenyl pollutants cross the placental...from the Netherlands, "Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are still the...Environmental Pollutants, Polychlorinated biphenyls, and Obstetrics...
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Plasma concentrations of selected organobromine compounds and polychlorinated biphenyls in postmenopausal women of Quebec, Canada.(Research)(Clinical report)
Magazine article from: Environmental Health Perspectives; 10/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...PBDEs, one polybrominated biphenyl, and for comparative purposes, 41 polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners in plasma...retardants, polybrominated biphenyls, polybrominated diphenyl ethers, polychlorinated biphenyls, postmenopausal...
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Effects of prenatal exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls and dioxins on mental and motor development in Japanese children at 6 months of age.(Research: Children's Health)
Magazine article from: Environmental Health Perspectives; 5/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...environmental chemicals, such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and dioxins, induces...However, the levels of one polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin (PCDD...PCDDs, and total PCDDs/polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs...
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Neurobehavioral dysfunction in firemen exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs): possible improvement after detoxification.
Magazine article from: Archives of Environmental Health; 11/1/1989; ; 700+ words
; ...Dysfunction in Firemen Exposed to Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs): Possible Improvement...Fourteen firemen exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and their...this interval. TRICYCLIC polychlorinated aromatic compounds are formed...
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Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Polychlorinated biphenyls are a mixture of compounds having from one to 10 chlorineatoms attached to a biphenyl ring structure. There are 209 possible structures theoretically...
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polychlorinated biphenyl
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
polychlorinated biphenyl or PCB, any of a group of organic compounds originally widely...processes but later found to be dangerous environmental pollutants. Polychlorinated biphenyl is a fat-soluble, water-insoluble hydrocarbon containing...
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PCBs (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
Book article from: Pollution A to Z
PCBs (Polychlorinated Biphenyls) PCBs, known to cause cancer in animals and believed to cause...BZ numbers). PCBs are obtained by the controlled reaction of biphenyl with elemental chlorine under the catalytic influence of iron...
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PCBs
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Public Health
PCBS Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are a group of synthetic...Quality after Prenatal Exposure to Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Dibenzofurans...Impairment in Children Exposed to Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Utero." New England...
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Toxic Substances Control Act
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Public Health
...requirements to regulate polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Over the years...6, listing only five (polychlorinated biphenyls, chlorofluorocarbons...6(e) Regulation of polychlorinated biphenyls Phased out the...
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