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Polybrominated biphenyls /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: WHO Task Group on Environmental Health Criteria for Polybrominated Biphenyls, United Nations Environment Programme, International Labour Organisation, World Health Organization, International Program on Chemical Safety
Other Authors: Gross, W., Kielhorn, J., Melber, C.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Geneva : World Health Organization, 1994.
Series:Environmental health criteria ; 152.
Subjects:
Polybrominated Biphenyls > toxicity.
Polybrominated Biphenyls > poisoning.
Environmental Pollutants > toxicity.
Table of Contents:
  • Summary and evaluation, conclusions and recommendations
  • Identity, physical and chemical properties, analytical methods
  • Sources of human and environmental exposure
  • Environmental transport, distribution and transformation
  • Environmental levels and human exposure
  • Kinetics and metabolism
  • Effects on organisms in the environment
  • Effects on experimental animals and in vitro test systems
  • Effects on humans
  • Previous evaluation by international bodies.