Cause specific mortality and cancer incidence among employees exposed to 2,3,7,8-TCDD after a 1953 reactor accident

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 606-612

  Ott, M Gerald ^a   Zober, Andreas ^b  

^a BASF CORPORATION   (United States)

^b BASF SE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer occurrence; TCDD

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029739482     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.53.9.606     Document Type: Article

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