"Dioxins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A family of compounds that contain the 1,4-dioxin structure. Many specific dioxin derivatives are listed as CARCINOGENS; TERATOGENS; or MUTAGENS.
| Descriptor ID |
D004147
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.309.500 D03.383.231
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dioxins" by people in Profiles.
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AHR and CYP1A expression link historical contamination events to modern day developmental effects in the American alligator. Environ Pollut. 2017 Nov; 230:1050-1061.
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Association of dioxins, furans and dioxin-like PCBs in human blood with nephropathy among US teens and young adults. Rev Environ Health. 2016 Jun 01; 31(2):195-201.
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Commentary on nephropathy and longitudinal studies of diabetes, and dioxins, furans, and dioxin-like PCBs. Environ Res. 2014 Oct; 134:8.
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Dioxins, furans and dioxin-like PCBs in human blood: causes or consequences of diabetic nephropathy? Environ Res. 2014 Jul; 132:126-31.
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Associations of dioxins, furans and dioxin-like PCBs with diabetes and pre-diabetes: is the toxic equivalency approach useful? Environ Res. 2012 Oct; 118:107-11.
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Assessment of sediment contamination in Casco Bay, Maine, USA. Environ Pollut. 2008 Apr; 152(3):505-21.
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Association of a polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin, a polychlorinated biphenyl, and DDT with diabetes in the 1999-2002 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Environ Res. 2007 Mar; 103(3):413-8.
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Supercritical water oxidation of the PCB congener 2-chlorobiphenyl in methanol solutions: a kinetic analysis. Environ Sci Technol. 2005 Sep 01; 39(17):6839-44.
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Exposure to dioxin and nonneoplastic mortality in the expanded IARC international cohort study of phenoxy herbicide and chlorophenol production workers and sprayers. Environ Health Perspect. 1998 Apr; 106 Suppl 2:645-53.