The reliability of the serum dioxin measurement in veterans of operation Ranch Hand

Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 327-338

  Michalek, Joel E ^a   Tripathi, Ram C ^b   Kulkarni, Pandu M ^c   Pirkle, James L ^d  

^a Air Force Materiel Command   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Dioxin; Epidemiology; Reliability

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DIOXIN;

AIR FORCE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RELIABILITY; SOLDIER;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; VIETNAM;

EID: 0029857674     PISSN: 10534245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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