Toxicology and Industrial Health 1995-01-01

ATSDR evaluation of health effects of chemicals. II. Mirex and chlordecone: health effects, toxicokinetics, human exposure, and environmental fate.

O Faroon, S Kueberuwa, L Smith, C DeRosa

Index: Toxicol. Ind. Health 11(6) , 1-203, (1995)

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Abstract

This document provides public health officials, physicians, toxicologists, and other interested individuals and groups with an overall perspective of the toxicology of mirex and chlordecone. It contains descriptions and evaluations of toxicological studies and epidemiological investigations and provides conclusions, where possible, on the relevance of toxicity and toxicokinetic data to public health. Additional substances will be profiled in a series of manuscripts to follow.