Polychlorinated Biphenyls

"Polychlorinated Biphenyls" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

Definition | Details | More General Concepts | Related Concepts | More Specific Concepts

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
MeSH Number(s)	D02.309.750 D02.455.426.559.389.185.698 D02.455.526.439.773
Concept/Terms	Polychlorinated Biphenyls Polychlorinated Biphenyls Biphenyls, Polychlorinated Polychlorobiphenyl Compounds Compounds, Polychlorobiphenyl PCBs

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Polychlorinated Biphenyls".

Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Organic Chemicals [D02]
Dioxins and Dioxin-like Compounds [D02.309]
Polychlorinated Biphenyls [D02.309.750]
Hydrocarbons [D02.455]
Hydrocarbons, Cyclic [D02.455.426]
Hydrocarbons, Aromatic [D02.455.426.559]
Benzene Derivatives [D02.455.426.559.389]
Biphenyl Compounds [D02.455.426.559.389.185]
Polychlorinated Biphenyls [D02.455.426.559.389.185.698]
Hydrocarbons, Halogenated [D02.455.526]
Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated [D02.455.526.439]
Polychlorinated Biphenyls [D02.455.526.439.773]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Polychlorinated Biphenyls".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Polychlorinated Biphenyls".

Polychlorinated Biphenyls
Aroclors

publications

Timeline | Most Recent

This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Polychlorinated Biphenyls" by people in this website by year, and whether "Polychlorinated Biphenyls" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 36 publications over 17 distinct years, with a maximum of 6 publications in 2011

To see the data from this visualization as text, click here.

Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2003	1	0	1
2004	3	0	3
2005	0	1	1
2006	1	2	3
2007	2	0	2
2008	1	0	1
2009	1	0	1
2010	5	0	5
2011	5	1	6
2012	0	1	1
2014	1	0	1
2015	3	0	3
2017	1	1	2
2018	0	1	1
2019	1	1	2
2020	1	0	1
2022	2	0	2

Below are the most recent publications written about "Polychlorinated Biphenyls" by people in Profiles.

Mondal T, Loffredo CA, Trnovec T, Palkovicova Murinova L, Noreen Z, Nnanabu T, Conka K, Drobna B, Ghosh S. Gene expression signatures in PCB-exposed Slovak children in relation to their environmental exposures and socio-physical characteristics. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2022 Aug; 29(40):60531-60541.

View in: PubMed
Jordan-Ward R, von Hippel FA, Zheng G, Salamova A, Dillon D, Gologergen J, Immingan T, Dominguez E, Miller P, Carpenter D, Postlethwait JH, Byrne S, Buck CL. Elevated mercury and PCB concentrations in Dolly Varden (Salvelinus malma) collected near a formerly used defense site on Sivuqaq, Alaska. Sci Total Environ. 2022 Jun 20; 826:154067.

View in: PubMed
Simhadri JJ, Loffredo CA, Trnovec T, Murinova LP, Nunlee-Bland G, Koppe JG, Schoeters G, Jana SS, Ghosh S. Biomarkers of metabolic disorders and neurobehavioral diseases in a PCB- exposed population: What we learned and the implications for future research. Environ Res. 2020 12; 191:110211.

View in: PubMed
Rodr?guez-Sierra CJ, Adelman D, Vojta ?, Mansilla-Rivera I, Lohmann R. Passive Sampling of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Four Coastal Aquatic Systems of Puerto Rico: A Pilot Study. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol. 2019 Dec; 103(6):770-775.

View in: PubMed
Ramirez-Ortiz D, Almod?var-Morales GL, Hopwood S, Kumar N. Efficacy of a school-based intervention to bring awareness about PCB contamination and exposure avoidance in Gu?nica, Puerto Rico. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2019 Aug; 26(23):23337-23345.

View in: PubMed
Jean J, Kar S, Leszczynski J. QSAR modeling of adipose/blood partition coefficients of Alcohols, PCBs, PBDEs, PCDDs and PAHs: A data gap filling approach. Environ Int. 2018 12; 121(Pt 2):1193-1203.

View in: PubMed
von Hippel FA, Miller PK, Carpenter DO, Dillon D, Smayda L, Katsiadaki I, Titus TA, Batzel P, Postlethwait JH, Buck CL. Endocrine disruption and differential gene expression in sentinel fish on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska: Health implications for indigenous residents. Environ Pollut. 2018 Mar; 234:279-287.

View in: PubMed
Ghosh S, Loffredo CA, Mitra PS, Trnovec T, Palkovicova Murinova L, Sovcikova E, Hoffman EP, Makambi KH, Dutta SK. PCB exposure and potential future cancer incidence in Slovak children: an assessment from molecular finger printing by Ingenuity Pathway Analysis (IPA?) derived from experimental and epidemiological investigations. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2018 Jun; 25(17):16493-16507.

View in: PubMed
Kumar N, Ramirez-Ortiz D, Solo-Gabriele HM, Treaster JB, Carrasquillo O, Toborek M, Deo S, Klaus J, Bachas LG, Whitall D, Daunert S, Szapocznik J. Environmental PCBs in Gu?nica Bay, Puerto Rico: implications for community health. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2016 Feb; 23(3):2003-13.

View in: PubMed
Wang J, Caccamise SA, Woodward LA, Li QX. Polychlorinated Biphenyls in the Plasma and Preen Oil of Black-Footed Albatross (Diomedea nigripes) Chicks and Adults on Midway Atoll, North Pacific Ocean. PLoS One. 2015; 10(4):e0123041.

View in: PubMed

People

Explore

Similar Concepts

Top Journals