Polychlorinated biphenyls: Persistent pollutants with immunological, neurological, and endocrinological consequences

Alternative Medicine Review

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-13

  Crinnion, Walter J ^a  

^a Southwest College Naturopathic Med   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Benzofuran; Biphenyl; Body burden; Chemicals; Chlorophyll; Detox; Detoxification; Dioxin; Endocrine; Fiber; PCB; Pollutants; Polychlorinated; POPs; Tea; Toxins

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; THYROXINE; CARCINOGEN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AUTOIMMUNITY; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CATERING SERVICE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DAIRY PRODUCT; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; MIDDLE EAR DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ORGANIC POLLUTION; POULTRY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HALF LIFE TIME; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POLLUTANT; RISK FACTOR;

CARCINOGENS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM DISEASES; IMMUNITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79955648292     PISSN: 10895159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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