Carcinogenic effects of polychlorinated biphenyls

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 41-62

  Faroon, Obaid M ^a   Keith, Sam ^a   Jones, Dennis ^a   de Rosa, Christopher ^a  

^a AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

biliary tract cancer; breast cancer; cancer; congener; liver cancer; mixtures; non Hodgkin's lymphoma; PCBs; skin cancer

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BILIARY TRACT CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER; CARCINOGENIC ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; DANGEROUS GOODS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SKIN CANCER; TOXICOKINETICS;

ANIMALS; CARCINOGENICITY TESTS; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RATS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035743041     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0748233701th098oa     Document Type: Article

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