General hospital psychiatry, 32(3), 341-341 (2010-05-01)
Case reports of mothball ingestion have shown that paradichlorobenzene, the organic compound found in mothballs, can induce multiple organ effects, including encephalopathy. Psychiatrists are often involved in these cases due to presumed depression. Diagnosis is frequently delayed and/or inaccurate due
[Dementia associated to paradichlorobenzene poisoning].
Patricia Gutiérrez-Plascencia et al.
Revista de neurologia, 54(4), 251-252 (2012-02-09)
We describe the use of dextrose 50% solution to differentiate naphthalene and paradichlorobenzene in the mothball float test. Its advantages over saturated salt solution are discussed.
Huan jing ke xue= Huanjing kexue, 30(7), 2093-2098 (2009-09-25)
A typical p-DCB production process was selected in this study. A series of p-DCB product samples, 1 Japanese sample and 1 chlorobenzene sample were collected and analyzed for by-product polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). It is a common phenomenon that byproduct PCBs
Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association, 49(1), 49-56 (2010-10-12)
Rats and mice (8 animals per species per group) were injected subcutaneously or intraperitoneally with paradichlorobenzene (PDCB) at doses of 0, 100, 200 and 400 mg/kg/day, 4-5 days a week, for 8 weeks (for rats) and either 2 or 6
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