Birnbaum LS, Couture LA, Elwell MR. 1989. Subchronic effects of exposure to octachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (OCDD). Chemosphere. 18(1-6):389-390; doi: 10.1016/0045-6535(89)90145-8.
Abstract
Repeated exposure of male rats to OCDD results in accumulation of the compound in the liver and effects similar to those observed following low dose exposure to TCDD: Enzyme induction, liver hypertrophy and cytoplasmic vacuolization, and a mild non-regenerative anemia.