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Organic Chemicals > Hydrocarbons > Hydrocarbons, Halogenated > Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated > Polychlorinated Biphenyls
... > Organic Chemicals > Hydrocarbons > Hydrocarbons, Cyclic > Hydrocarbons, Aromatic > Benzene Derivatives > Biphenyl Compounds > Polychlorinated Biphenyls
Organic Chemicals > Dioxins and Dioxin-like Compounds > Polychlorinated Biphenyls

Preferred term

Polychlorinated Biphenyls  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Biphenyl, Polychlorinated
  • Compounds, Polychlorobiphenyl
  • PCBs
  • Polychlorinated Biphenyl
  • Polychlorobiphenyl Compounds

Note

  • "yusho poisoning": see note on RICE

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 92; was POLYCHLOROBIPHENYL COMPOUNDS 1971-91 (Prov 1971-72)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D011078

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