- ►bmj.com [PDF] M Sala, J Sunyer, C Herrero, J To-Figueras, J … - British Medical Journal, 2001 - oem.bmj.com Abstract Objectives—Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) is a highly lipophilic
organochlorine com- pound of widespread environmental oc- currence, that
accumulates in the biological system. It aVects the porphy- rine ... Cited by 42 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
L Hagmar, L Rylander, E Dyremark, E Klasson … - … archives of occupational and environmental health, 2001 - Springer Abstract Objectives: There is a concern that persistent organohalogen toxicants,
such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), might display endocrine-disrupting e
ects in exposed populations. In this study the cor- relationsbetween ... Cited by 54 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
- ►nih.gov JD Meeker, L Altshul, R Hauser - Environmental research, 2007 - Elsevier Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and some organochlorine pesticides, which
continue to be measurable in a high proportion of blood samples from the general
population, have been found to alter thyroid hormone levels in animals and ... Cited by 21 - Related articles - All 6 versions
- ►bmj.com N Ribas-Fito, M Sala, E Cardo, C Mazon, ME … - British Medical Journal, 2003 - oem.bmj.com Methods: A total of 98 mother-infant pairs (83.1% of all children born during
the period 1997–99 in a specific area polluted with HCB) were recruited.
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L Hagmar, J Björk, A Sjödin, A Bergman, EM … - Archives of environmental health - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov In this study the authors assessed the possible relationship between high
dietary exposure to persistent organohalogens (OHS) through fatty fish from the
Baltic Sea and hormone levels in adult men. Blood samples were drawn from ... Cited by 40 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
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plant we investigated whether blood concentrations ofpolychlorinated biphenyls
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L Hagmar - Thyroid, 2003 - liebertonline.com Animal studies show that exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) or other
persistent organochlorine compounds can disrupt thyroid hormone homeostasis. In
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- ►nih.gov [PDF] V Persky, M Turyk, HA Anderson, LP Hanrahan, … - Environmental health perspectives, 2001 - pubmedcentral.nih.gov There is an increasing body of animal data suggesting that high levels of
polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) exposure may be associated with a wide variety of
health effects, includ- ing changes in hormonal balance. Of partic- ular ... Cited by 68 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 15 versions
MP Longnecker, BC Gladen, DG Patterson Jr … - Epidemiology, 2000 - jstor.org Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are synthetic chemi- cals that were produced in
large quantities after World War II for use in capacitors, transformers, and
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L Takser, D Mergler, M Baldwin, S De … - Environmental health perspectives, 2005 - pubmedcentral.nih.gov Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), chlorinated pesticides, and mercury are global
environmental contaminants that can disrupt the endocrine system in animals and
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