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Title

Toxicological profile for selected PCBs (aroclor-1260, -1254, -1248, -1242, -1232, -1221, and -1016) / prepared by Syracuse Research Corporation, in collaboration with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Publication

[Oak Ridge, Tenn.] : Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1989.

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Additional Authors

• United States. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
• United States. Environmental Protection Agency
• Syracuse Research Corporation.

Description

xi, 135 p. : ill.; 28 cm.

Subjects

• Environmental Pollutants > adverse effects
• Polychlorinated biphenyls > Environmental aspects
• Polychlorinated biphenyls > Physiological effect
• Polychlorinated biphenyls > Toxicology
• Polychlorinated Biphenyls > adverse effects
• Polychlorinated Biphenyls > toxicity

Note

• Prepared under contract no.68-C8-0004 for Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), U.S. Public Health Service.
• "June 1989."
• "ATSDR/TP-88/21."

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 103-130.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Foreword -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Public health statement ; What are PCBs? ; How might I be exposed to PCBs? ; How do PCBs get into my body? ; How do PCBs affect my health? ; Is there a medical test to determine if I have been exposed to PCBs? ; What levels of exposure have resulted in harmful health effects? ; What recommendations has the federal government made to protect human health? --^
• Health effects summary ; Introduction ; Levels of significant exposure ; Key studies and graphical presentations ; inhalation ; oral ; dermal ; Biological monitoring as a measure of exposure and effects ; exposure ; effects ; Environmental levels as indicators of exposure and effects ; levels found in the environment ; human exposure potential ; Adequacy of database ; Introduction ; Health effect end points ; introduction and graphic summary ; descriptions of highlights of graphs ; summary of relevant ongoing research ; Other information needed for human health assessment ; pharmocokinetics and mechanisms of action ; monitoring of human biological samples ; environmental considerations -- Chemical and physical information ; Chemical identity ; Physical and chemical properties --^
• Toxicological data ; Overview ; Toxicokinetics ; absorption ; inhalation ; oral ; dermal ; distribution ; inhalation ; oral ; dermal ; metabolism ; human ; animal ; excretion ; inhalation ; oral ; dermal ; parental routes ; Toxicity ; lethality and decreased longevity ; inhalation ; oral ; dermal ; systemic/target organ toxicity ; liver ; cutaneous tissues ; immunological effects ; thyroid ; stomach ; porphyria ; kidney ; developmental toxicity ; inhalation ; oral ; dermal ; general discussion ; reproductive toxicity ; genotoxicity ; human ; animal ; carcinogenicity ; inhalation ; oral ; dermal ; general discussion ; Interactions with other chemicals -- Manufacture, import, use, and disposal ; Overview ; Production ; Import ; Uses ; Disposal -- Environmental fate ; Overview ; Releases to the environment ; Environmental fate ; transport and partitioning ; transformation and degradation --^
• Potential for human exposure ; Overview ; Levels monitored or estimated in the environment ; air ; water ; soil ; other ; foodstuffs ; fish and precipitation ; Occupational exposures ; Populations at high risk -- Analytical methods ; Environmental media ; Biomedical samples -- Regulatory and advisory status ; International ; National ; regulations ; air ; food ; water; advisory guidance ; air ; water ; soil ; others ; data analysis ; State -- References -- Glossary -- Appendix ; Peer review.

OCLC

• 20230429
• SCSB-14232187

Owning Institutions

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