Toxicological profile of ultrapure 2,2',3,4,4',5,5'-heptachlorbiphenyl (PCB 180) in adult rats.

PCB 180 is a persistent non-dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyl (NDL-PCB) abundantly present in food and the environment. Risk characterization of NDL-PCBs is confounded by the presence of highly potent dioxin-like impurities. We used ultrapure PCB 180 to characterize its toxicity profile in a 28-d...

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Published in:	PLoS ONE
Main Authors:	Matti Viluksela, Päivi Heikkinen, Leo T M van der Ven, Filip Rendel, Robert Roos, Javier Esteban, Merja Korkalainen, Sanna Lensu, Hanna M Miettinen, Kari Savolainen, Satu Sankari, Hellmuth Lilienthal, Annika Adamsson, Jorma Toppari, Maria Herlin, Mikko Finnilä, Juha Tuukkanen, Heather A Leslie, Timo Hamers, Gerd Hamscher, Lauy Al-Anati, Ulla Stenius, Kine-Susann Dervola, Inger-Lise Bogen, Frode Fonnum, Patrik L Andersson, Dieter Schrenk, Krister Halldin, Helen Håkansson
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Online Access:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/25137063/pdf/?tool=EBI