Serum organochlorines and urinary porphyrin pattern in a population highly exposed to hexachlorobenzene

• Main Authors: Ribas-Fitó Núria (Author), Sala Maria (Author), Ozalla Dolores (Author), Herrero Carmen (Author), Sunyer Jordi (Author), Grimalt Joan (Author), Basagaña Xavier (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2002-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) is caused by hexachlorobenzene (HCB) in several species of laboratory mammals, but the human evidence is contradictory. In a study among adults of a population highly exposed to HCB (Flix, Catalonia, Spa...