Toxicity equivalency values for polychlorinated biphenyl mixtures

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 529-534

  Burkhard, Lawrence P ^a   Lukasewycz, Marta T ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aroclor; Clophen; Kanechlor; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Toxicity equivalents

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; FURAN RESINS; MIXTURES; TOXICITY;

DIOXINS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

AROCLOR; DIOXIN; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FISH; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; TOXICITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOEQUIVALENCE; CYTOTOXICITY; FISH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; COMPLEX MIXTURES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FISHES; MAMMALS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 40949103990     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/07-349.1     Document Type: Article

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