Cohort mortality study of chemical workers with potential exposure to the higher chlorinated dioxins

Journal of Occupational Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1987, Pages 422-429

  Ott, M Gerald ^a,b   Olson, Richard A ^a   Cook, Ralph R ^a   Bond, Gregory G ^a  

^a DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,4,5 TRICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; CHLOROPHENOL;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHLORINATED DIOXIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INJURY; INTOXICATION; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICHLOROPHENOL;

2,4,5-TRICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHLOROPHENOLS; DIOXINS; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ORGANOTHIOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0023240364     PISSN: 00961736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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