Carcinogenicity of "non-dioxinlike" polychlorinated biphenyls

Critical Reviews in Toxicology

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 663-694

  Knerr, Stefanie ^a   Schrenk, Dieter ^a  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carcinogenicity; Liver Tumors; Polychlorinated Biphenyls; Rodent Models; Tumor Promotion

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; THYROID HORMONE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; BILIARY TRACT CANCER; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CARCINOGENICITY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GALLBLADDER CANCER; GENOTOXICITY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER TUMOR; MELANOMA; MUTAGENICITY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; TUMOR PROMOTION;

ANIMALS; CARCINOGENICITY TESTS; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; COCARCINOGENESIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RATS;

RODENTIA;

EID: 33750001935     PISSN: 10408444     EISSN: 15476898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408440600845304     Document Type: Review

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