Biomaterial Database

Medical surveillance of hazardous waste site workers exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). 1990

K H Chase, and P G Shields

Washington Occupational Health Associates, Inc (WOHA), Washington, DC 20036.

A potential for occupational exposure to PCBs exists within the electrical utility industry, especially where PCB-containing equipment has been serviced. PCBs can also be found at hazardous waste sites, in sewage sludge, and in soot from transformer fires. The health effects, biological monitoring, and medical surveillance of PCBs are all discussed in this review.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008403	Mass Screening	Organized periodic procedures performed on large groups of people for the purpose of detecting disease.	Screening,Mass Screenings,Screening, Mass,Screenings,Screenings, Mass
D009784	Occupational Diseases	Diseases caused by factors involved in one's employment.	Diseases, Occupational,Occupational Illnesses,Disease, Occupational,Illnesse, Occupational,Illnesses, Occupational,Occupational Disease,Occupational Illnesse
D011078	Polychlorinated Biphenyls	Industrial products consisting of a mixture of chlorinated biphenyl congeners and isomers. These compounds are highly lipophilic and tend to accumulate in fat stores of animals. Many of these compounds are considered toxic and potential environmental pollutants.	PCBs,Polychlorinated Biphenyl,Polychlorobiphenyl Compounds,Biphenyl, Polychlorinated,Biphenyls, Polychlorinated,Compounds, Polychlorobiphenyl
D004784	Environmental Monitoring	The monitoring of the level of toxins, chemical pollutants, microbial contaminants, or other harmful substances in the environment (soil, air, and water), workplace, or in the bodies of people and animals present in that environment.	Monitoring, Environmental,Environmental Surveillance,Surveillance, Environmental
D006256	Hazardous Waste	Waste products which threaten life, health, or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of, or otherwise managed.	Hazardous Wastes,Waste, Hazardous,Wastes, Hazardous
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man