Polychlorinated Biphenyls
"Polychlorinated Biphenyls" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D011078
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.455.426.559.389.185.698 D02.455.526.439.773
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| Concept/Terms |
Polychlorinated Biphenyls- Polychlorinated Biphenyls
- Biphenyls, Polychlorinated
- Polychlorobiphenyl Compounds
- Compounds, Polychlorobiphenyl
- PCBs
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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