"Aroclors" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Industrial chemicals which have become widespread environmental pollutants. Each aroclor is a mixture of chlorinated biphenyls (1200 series) or chlorinated terphenyls (5400 series) or a combination of both (4400 series).
| Descriptor ID |
D001140
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.309.750.500 D02.455.526.439.773.292 D02.455.526.439.785.292
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Aroclors" by people in Profiles.
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Dermal absorption in rhesus monkeys of polychlorinated biphenyls from soil contaminated with Aroclor 1260. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol. 2002 Jun; 35(3):289-95.
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An assessment of neurotoxicity of aroclors 1016, 1242, 1254, and 1260 administered in diet to Sprague-Dawley rats for one year. Toxicol Sci. 2000 Feb; 53(2):377-91.
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Comparative carcinogenicity in Sprague-Dawley rats of the polychlorinated biphenyl mixtures Aroclors 1016, 1242, 1254, and 1260. Toxicol Sci. 1998 Jan; 41(1):62-76.