Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) carcinogenicity with special emphasis on airborne PCBs

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Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 25-32

  Robertson, Larry W ^a   Ludewig, Gabriele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NUTRITION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROGENY; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS;

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