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Polychlorinated biphenyls : human health aspects

Title
Polychlorinated biphenyls : human health aspects / first draft prepared by Obaid M. Faroon [and others].
Publication
Geneva : World Health Organization, 2003.

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Additional Authors
  • Faroon, Obaid.
  • World Health Organization.
  • United Nations Environment Programme.
  • International Labour Organisation.
  • Inter-Organization Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals.
  • International Program on Chemical Safety.
Description
iv, 58 pages : illustrations; 30 cm.
Summary
This book evaluates the effects of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) on human health. PCBs are synthetic chlorinated hydrocarbon compounds that have been produced and used in plasticizers, surface coatings, inks, dielectric fluids and so on. Since PCBs accumulate in the food-chain and persist in the environment, they are designated by the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants as persistent pollutants. Many countries have severely restricted or banned the production of PCBs.--Publisher's description.
Series Statement
Concise international chemical assessment document, 1020-6167 ; 55
Uniform Title
Concise international chemical assessment document ; 55.
Subject
  • Polychlorinated biphenyls > Toxicology
  • Risk assessment
  • Polychlorinated biphenyls > Environmental aspects
  • Polychlorinated biphenyls > Physiological effect
  • Polychlorinated Biphenyls > toxicity
  • Environmental Exposure
  • Risk Assessment
  • risk assessment
  • Environnement humain
  • Produits chimiques
  • Santé publique
  • Risk assessment
  • Polychlorinated biphenyls > Physiological effect
  • Polychlorinated biphenyls > Environmental aspects
  • Polychlorinated biphenyls > Toxicology
  • PCB's
  • Toxiciteit
  • Blootstelling
  • Gezondheidseffecten
  • Arbeidshygiëne
  • Veiligheid
  • Bifelinos Policlorados > Toxicidad
  • EXPOSICION AMBIENTAL
  • TASACION DEL RIESGO
  • Bifelinos Policlorados > Toxicologia
  • Polychlorierte Biphenyle > Gesundheit
  • POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS
  • HEALTH HAZARDS
  • ENVIRONMENTALLY HAZARDOUS ACTIVITIES
  • TOXIC SUBSTANCES
Note
  • "Published under the joint sponsorship of the United Nations Environment Programme, the International Labour Organization, and the World Health Organization, and produced within the framework of the Inter-Organization Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals."
  • "IPCS, International Programme on Chemical Safety"--Cover.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 38-47).
Language (note)
  • Summaries in French and Spanish.
Contents
Identity and physical/chemical properties -- Sources of human and environmental exposure -- Environmental transport, distribution, and transformation -- Environmental levels and human exposure -- Comparative kinetics and metabolism in laboratory animals and humans -- Effects on laboratory mammals and in vitro test systems -- Effects on humans -- Evaluation of health effects -- Previous evaluations by international bodies.
ISBN
  • 9789241530552
  • 9241530553
OCLC
  • ocm53466919
  • 53466919
  • SCSB-1316198
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library