TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - DIOXINS
A1  - Born, Stephen C.
A2  - Olson, Kent R.
A2  - Anderson, Ilene B.
A2  - Benowitz, Neal L.
A2  - Blanc, Paul D.
A2  - Clark, Richard F.
A2  - Kearney, Thomas E.
A2  - Kim-Katz, Susan Y.
A2  - Wu, Alan H. B.
PY  - 2018
T2  - Poisoning & Drug Overdose, 7e
AB  - Polychlorinated  dibenzodioxins  (PCDDs)  and  dibenzofurans  (PCDFs)  are  a  group  of  highly  toxic  substances  commonly  known  as  dioxins.  Dioxins  are  not  produced  commercially.  They  are  formed  during  the  production  of  certain  organochlorines  (eg,  trichlorophenoxyacetic  acid  [2,4,5-T],  hexachlorophene,  pentachlorophenol);  and  by  the  combustion  of  these  and  other  compounds,  such  as  polychlorinated  biphenyls  (PCBs),  as  well  as  the  incineration  of  medical  and  municipal  waste.  Agent  Orange,  an  herbicide  used  by  the  United  States  during  the  Vietnam  War,  contained  dioxins  (most  importantly,  2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin  [TCDD],  the  most  toxic  and  extensively  researched  dioxin)  as  contaminants.  There  are  75  PCDD  and  135  PCDF  congeners.  Some  PCBs  have  biological  activity  similar  to  that  of  dioxins  and  are  identified  as  "dioxin-like."  The  most  common  route  of  exposure  to  dioxins  in  the  United  States  is  through  dietary  consumption.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1174605789
ER  -