"Polybrominated 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,
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Biphenyl compounds which are extensively brominated. Many of these compounds are toxic environmental pollutants.
| Descriptor ID |
D011075
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.455.426.559.389.185.680 D02.455.526.368.700
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| Concept/Terms |
Polybrominated Biphenyls- Polybrominated Biphenyls
- Biphenyls, Polybrominated
- Polybromobiphenyl Compounds
- Compounds, Polybromobiphenyl
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Polybrominated Biphenyls" by people in Profiles.
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Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers, Polybrominated Biphenyls, and Risk of Papillary Thyroid Cancer: A Nested Case-Control Study. Am J Epidemiol. 2020 02 28; 189(2):120-132.
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Oxidation of tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) by peroxymonosulfate: The role of in-situ formed HOBr. Water Res. 2020 Feb 01; 169:115202.
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Polybrominated diphenyl ethers and thyroid cancer risk in the Prostate, Colorectal, Lung, and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial cohort. Am J Epidemiol. 2015 Jun 01; 181(11):883-8.
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Matrix-free laser desorption/ionization-mass spectrometry using self-assembled germanium nanodots. Anal Chem. 2007 Jul 01; 79(13):4827-32.
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Cancer among a Michigan cohort exposed to polybrominated biphenyls in 1973. Epidemiology. 1998 Jul; 9(4):373-8.
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The caffeine breath test and caffeine urinary metabolite ratios in the Michigan cohort exposed to polybrominated biphenyls: a preliminary study. Environ Health Perspect. 1990 Nov; 89:175-81.