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Organic Chemicals > Hydrocarbons > Hydrocarbons, Halogenated > Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated > Hexachlorocyclohexane

Preferred term

Hexachlorocyclohexane  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Benzene Hexachloride
  • Hexachlorane
  • Hexachloride, Benzene

Note

  • do not confuse entry term BENZENE HEXACHLORIDE with HEXACHLOROBENZENE

Scope note

  • Any of several polyhalogenated organic compounds consisting of a six-carbon ring with one chlorine and one hydrogen attached to each carbon.

History note

  • 2019(1996); use BENZENE HEXACHLORIDE 1963-95; LINDANE 1995-2018

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001556

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