The human health effects of DDT (dichlorodiphenyl-trichloroethane) and PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) and an overview of organochlorines in public health

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 18, Issue , 1997, Pages 211-244

  Longnecker, Matthew P ^a   Rogan, Walter J ^a   Lucier, George ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

adverse effects; DDE; DDT; dioxin; polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CARCINOGEN; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIOXIN; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

CANCER RISK; CHLORACNE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HYPOREFLEXIA; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NEUROTOXICITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; DDT; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSECTICIDES; MORBIDITY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0030945015     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.publhealth.18.1.211     Document Type: Review

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