Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs): Routes of exposure and effects on human health

Reviews on Environmental Health

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-23

  Carpenter, David O ^a,b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; CHLORINE; DIOXIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; TESTOSTERONE; TUMOR PROMOTER;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTHRITIS; ASTHMA; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION RISK; INFERTILITY; INGESTION; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER CANCER; LIVER DISEASE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LUNG CANCER; MELANOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE K RAS; PANCREAS CANCER; PROSTATE CANCER; RECURRENT INFECTION; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; THYROID FUNCTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33645938310     PISSN: 00487554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/reveh.2006.21.1.1     Document Type: Review

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