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IARC Working Group on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans. Polychlorinated Dibenzo-para-dioxins and Polychlorinated Dibenzofurans. Lyon (FR): International Agency for Research on Cancer; 1997. (IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans, No. 69.)

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Polychlorinated Dibenzo-para-dioxins and Polychlorinated Dibenzofurans.

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SUMMARY OF FINAL EVALUATIONS

AgentDegree of evidence of carcinogenicityOverall evaluation of carcinogenicity to humans
HumanAnimal
Dibenzo-para-dioxinNDESL3
Polychlorinated dibenzo-para-dioxinsND3
    (other than 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzodioxin)
        2,7-DCDDI
        1,2,3,7,8-PeCDDI
        1,2,3,6,7,8-/1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDDL
        1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDDI
Polychlorinated dibenzofuransI3
        2,3,7,8-TCDFI
        2,3,4,7,8-PeCDFL
        1,2,3,4,7,8-HxCDFL
2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-para-dioxinLS1a

ND, no adequate data; ESL, evidence suggesting lack of carcinogenicity; S, sufficient evidence; L, limited evidence; I, inadequate evidence; 3, group 3: not classifiable as to its carcinogenicity to humans; 1, group 1: carcinogenic to humans; for definitions of criteria for degrees of evidence and groups, see preamble, pp. 23–27.

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Mechanism data taken into account in making the overall evaluation

©International Agency for Research on Cancer, 1997.
Bookshelf ID: NBK409963

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