Potential reproductive and postnatal morbidity from exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls: epidemiologic considerations.
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Potential reproductive and postnatal morbidity from exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls: epidemiologic considerations.
There is both laboratory and epidemiologic evidence that PCBs are toxic to several phases of reproduction. Workplace exposure is an important but small part of the exposure to these compounds, since most of the population has detectable levels in blood or fat. Studies in the general population on PCBs and reproduction have not been done. Some studies in workers are under way, and in epidemic PC...
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Health Perspectives
سال: 1985
ISSN: 0091-6765,1552-9924
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.8560233