Polychlorinated biphenyls: New evidence from the last decade

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1825-1847

  Faroon, Obaid ^a   Ruiz, Patricia ^a  

^a AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; developmental neurotoxicity; diabetes mellitus; endocrine disrupters; PCB congeners; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

2,2',4,4',5,5' HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ANOGENITAL DISTANCE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BONE DENSITY; DEVELOPMENTAL EFFECT; DIABETES MELLITUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL EFFECT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LYMPHORETICULAR EFFECT; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGICAL EFFECT; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROSTATE SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE EFFECT; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS WEIGHT;

EID: 84992560944     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: 14770393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748233715587849     Document Type: Review

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