Studies on Populations Exposed to Polychlorinated Biphenyls
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Studies on populations exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls.
Mean serum levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in U.S. population groups without occupational exposure to PCBs are usually between 4 and 8 ng/mL, with 95% of individuals having serum PCB measurements of less than 20. Subpopulations consuming fish taken from contaminated waters, such as Lake Michigan and near Triana, AL, have mean serum PCB levels several times those found in other genera...
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Health Perspectives
سال: 1985
ISSN: 0091-6765
DOI: 10.2307/3429961