Polychlorinated Biphenyls
"Polychlorinated Biphenyls" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Industrial products consisting of a mixture of chlorinated biphenyl congeners and isomers. These compounds are highly lipophilic and tend to accumulate in fat stores of animals. Many of these compounds are considered toxic and potential environmental pollutants.
| Descriptor ID |
D011078
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.309.750 D02.455.426.559.389.185.698 D02.455.526.439.773
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| Concept/Terms |
Polychlorinated Biphenyls- Polychlorinated Biphenyls
- Biphenyls, Polychlorinated
- Polychlorobiphenyl Compounds
- Compounds, Polychlorobiphenyl
- PCBs
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Polychlorinated Biphenyls" by people in Profiles.
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Ashley J, Soroka R, Cintron Y, Sarno A, Zaoudeh L, Velinsky D, Baker J. Can polychlorinated biphenyls be removed from chesapeake bay by a commercial fishery? Integr Environ Assess Manag. 2016 Apr; 12(2):405-6.
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Ashley JT, Ward JS, Anderson CS, Schafer MW, Zaoudeh L, Horwitz RJ, Velinsky DJ. Children's daily exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls from dietary supplements containing fish oils. Food Addit Contam Part A Chem Anal Control Expo Risk Assess. 2013; 30(3):506-14.
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Velinsky DJ, Riedel GF, Ashley JT, Cornwell JC. Historical contamination of the Anacostia River, Washington, D.C. Environ Monit Assess. 2011 Dec; 183(1-4):307-28.
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Ashley JT, Ward JS, Schafer MW, Stapleton HM, Velinsky DJ. Evaluating daily exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in fish oil supplements. Food Addit Contam Part A Chem Anal Control Expo Risk Assess. 2010 Aug; 27(8):1177-85.
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Ashley JT, Libero D, Halscheid E, Zaoudeh L, Stapleton HM. Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in American eels (Anguilla rostrata) from the Delaware River, USA. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol. 2007 Jul; 79(1):99-103.
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Ashley JT, Horwitz R, Steinbacher JC, Ruppel B. A comparison of congeneric PCB patterns in American eels and striped bass from the Hudson and Delaware River estuaries. Mar Pollut Bull. 2003 Oct; 46(10):1294-308.
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Quinn BA, Crane TL, Kocal TE, Best SJ, Cameron RG, Rushmore TH, Farber E, Hayes MA. Protective activity of different hepatic cytosolic glutathione S-transferases against DNA-binding metabolites of aflatoxin B1. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 1990 Sep 15; 105(3):351-63.