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PCDDs and PCDFs: Sources and Environmental Impact

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Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxins and -furans (PCDDs/PCDFs): Sources and Environmental Impact, Epidemiology, Mechanisms of Action, Health Risks

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Abstract

Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs or polyCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs or polyCDFs) are members of the family of halogenated aromatic chemicals which includes the polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), naph- thalenes, terphenyls, azo and azoxybenzenes, quaterphenyls and their brominated and mixed chloro/bromo analogs. The PCDDs and PCDFs can be substituted with 1–8 chlorine atoms and there are 75 and 135 possible isomers and congeners. With the exception of the fully chlorinated octaCDD and octaCDF, there are multiple isomers within each group as illustrated in Fig. 1.

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Safe, S., Hutzinger, O. (1990). PCDDs and PCDFs: Sources and Environmental Impact. In: Safe, S., Hutzinger, O., Hill, T.A. (eds) Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxins and -furans (PCDDs/PCDFs): Sources and Environmental Impact, Epidemiology, Mechanisms of Action, Health Risks. Environmental Toxin Series, vol 3. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70556-4_1

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