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Klaren WD, Robertson LW. PCB126 induced increases in metallothionein expression may be species specific and AhR dependent. Society of Toxicology, Central States Regional Chapter Annual Meeting, Ames, IA, 2013.

Klaren WD, Robertson LW. Increases in metallothionein expression caused by PCB126 are linked to species sensitivity and are potentially mediated through the AhR. Superfund Annual Meeting, Baton Rouge, LA, 2013.

Lai IK*, Klaren WD*, Li M, Wels B, Simmons DL, Olivier AK, Haschek WM, Wang K, Ludewig G, and Robertson LW. 2013. Does dietary copper supplementation enhance or diminish PCB126 toxicity in the rodent liver?  Chem Res Toxicol 26(5):634–644 (*Co-First Authors); doi: 10.1021/tx400049s. PMID: 23527585.

Chen Q, Jiang X, Hedgeman E, Knutson K, Gillespie B, Hong B, Lepkowski JM, Franzblau A, et al. 2013. Estimation of age-and sex-specific background human serum concentrations of PCDDs, PCDFs, and PCBs in the UMDES and NHANES populations. Chemosphere 91(6):817-23; doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.01.078. PMID: 23466097.

Wang B, Wels BR, Klaren WD, Wang K, Robertson LW, Ludewig G. Regulation of MnSOD by the AhR agonist PCB126: The role of dietary manganese. Society of Toxicology 51st Annual Meeting, San Francisco, Ca, 2012. Also presented at Superfund Annual Meeting, Lexington, Ky, 2012.

Klaren WD, Lai IK, Robertson LW. Search for the basis of PCB-triggered disruption in hepatic copper in rodents. Best Poster Award, University of Iowa Research Week, Iowa City, IA, 2012.

Klaren WD, Lai IK, Robertson LW. Search for the basis of PCB126-triggered disruption of hepatic metal homeostasis in rats. Superfund Annual Meeting, Raleigh, NC and Society of Toxicology, Central States Regional Chapter Annual Meeting, Manhattan, KS, 2012.

Fillos D, Scott LLF, Anderle De Sylor M, Grespin M, Luksemburg WJ, Finley B. 2012. PCB concentrations in shrimp from major import markets and the United States. Environ Toxicol Chem 31(5):1063–1071; doi: 10.1002/etc.1803. PMID: 22407850.

Jiang X, Knutson K, Zwica L, Lee S-Y, Chen Q, Hong B, Zhong X, Hao W, et al. The University of Michigan Dioxin Exposure Study: Predictors of household dust PCDD, PCDF, and PCB concentrations. Presented at the 32nd International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants – Dioxin 2011, Brussels, Belgium, August 2011.

Diliberto JJ, Sirinek L, Burkhalter B, Wikoff DS, Hixon G, Becker J, Patterson DG, Turner W, Tachovsky JA, Birnbaum LS, Haws LC. Endometriosis in a cohort of women living in the Kanawha River Valley in West Virginia: Blood levels of non-dioxin-like PCBs and relationship with BMI and age. Presented at Dioxin 2011, Brussels, Belgium, August 2011.

Birnbaum LS, Staskal-Wikoff D. 2010. 5th International PCB Workshop–Summary and implications. Environ Int 36(8):814-818; doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2010.06.011. PMID: 20728937.

Urban JD, Tachovsky JA, Haws LC, Staskal DF, Harris MA. 2010. Response to Buchanan et al.’s comment on Urban et al. “Assessment of Human Health Risks Posed by Consumption of Fish from the Lower Passaic River, New Jersey.” Sci Tot Environ 408(8):2004-2007; doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.01.046.

Scott LLF, Staskal DF, Williams ES, Luksemburg WJ, Urban JD, Nguyen LM, Haws LC, Birnbaum LS, Paustenbach DJ, Harris MA. 2009. Levels of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, dibenzofurans, and biphenyls in southern Mississippi catfish and estimation of potential health risks. Chemosphere 74(7):1002-10; doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.09.090

Harris MA, Shay E, Unice KM, Scott LF, Haws LC. Preliminary evaluation of health risks posed by PCDD/Fs and PCBs from the ingestion of fish from the Lower Passaic River. Presented at Dioxin 2008, Birmingham, England, August 2008.

Garabrant DH, Hong B, Chen Q, Chang C-W, Jiang X, Franzblau A, Lepkowski J, Adriaens P, et al. 2008. Factors that predict serum PCB, PCDD, and PCDF concentrations in Michigan, USA. Epidemiology 19(6):S265; doi: 10.1097/01.ede.0000340275.84909.26.

Garabrant D, Hong B, Chen Q, Chang C-W, Jiang X, Franzblau A, Lepkowski J, Adriaens P, et al. 2008. Predictors of serum PCB concentrations in people from Michigan, USA. Organohalogen Compounds 70:1236–1239.

Garabrant DH, Hong B, Chen Q, Chang C-W, Jiang X, Franzblau A, Lepkowski J, Adriaens P, et al. Factors that predict serum PCB concentrations in Michigan, USA. Dioxin 2008 Conference, Birmingham, England, August 1, 2008.

Scott LLF, Harris MA, Unice KM, Scott P, Nguyen LM, Haws LC, Paustenbach D. 2008. Addendum to: Evaluation of PCDD/F and dioxin-like PCB serum concentration data from the 2001-2002 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey of the United States population. J Exp Sci Env Epidemiol 18(5):524-532; doi: 10.1038/jes.2008.10.

Simon T, Britt JK, James RC. 2007. Development of a neurotoxic equivalence scheme of relative potency for assessing the risk of PCB mixtures. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol 48(2):148-170; doi: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2007.03.005. PMID: 17475378.

Ferriby LL, Knutsen JS, Harris MA, Unice KM, Scott P, Nony P, Haws LC, Paustenbach D. 2007. Evaluation of PCDD/F and dioxin-like PCB serum concentration data from the 2001-2002 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey of the United States Population. J Exp Sci Environ Epidemiol 17(4):358-371; doi: 10.1038/sj.jes.7500498.