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Science 19 June 1981:
Vol. 212. no. 4501, pp. 1413 - 1415
DOI: 10.1126/science.6262920
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Science, Vol 212, Issue 4501, 1413-1415
Copyright © 1981 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Memory performance of chemical workers exposed to polybrominated biphenyls

GG Brown, RC Preisman, MD Anderson, RK Nixon, JL Isbister, and HA Price

Twenty-five chemical workers who manufactured polybrominated biphenyls (PBB's) were given objective tests of learning and memory. Although this group had high concentrations of PBB's in adipose tissue, mean scores on all memory tests were normal. The PBB concentration was not correlated with memory performance; the most contaminated workers showed no evidence of memory dysfunction.


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