"Heptachlor" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A man-made compound previously used to control termites and other insects. Even though production of heptachlor was phased out of use in the United States during the late 1980's it remains in soil and hazardous waste sites. It is clearly toxic to animals and humans but, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has determined that heptachlor is not classifiable as to its carcinogenicity to humans. (From ATSDR Public Heath Statement, April 1989)
| Descriptor ID |
D006533
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.455.526.439.516
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Heptachlor" by people in Profiles.
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Wang D, Atkinson S, Hoover-Miller A, Lee SE, Li QX. Organochlorines in harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) tissues from the northern Gulf of Alaska. Environ Pollut. 2007 Mar; 146(1):268-80.
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Maskarinec G. Mortality and cancer incidence among children and adolescents in Hawaii 20 years after a heptachlor contamination episode. J Environ Pathol Toxicol Oncol. 2005; 24(4):235-49.