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Intestinal absorption of polychlorinated biphenyls in rats

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Chlorinated biphenyls having from one to six chlorine atoms per molecule were fed to rats at doses between 5 and 100 mg/kg body weight. Less than 10% of the amounts fed were excreted in the feces, indicating a high degree of absorption and/or metabolism of these compounds.

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  1. National Institute of Health, Public Health Service and Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 27709, Research Triangle Park, N.C.

    P. W. Albro & L. Fishbein

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Albro, P.W., Fishbein, L. Intestinal absorption of polychlorinated biphenyls in rats. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 8, 26–31 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01684500

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