Pharmacokinetics of TCDD in veterans of operation ranch hand: 10-year follow-up

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 209-220

  Michalek, Joel E ^a,d   Pirkle, James L ^b   Caudill, Samuel P ^b   Tripathi, Ram C ^c   Patterson Jr , Donald G ^b   Needham, Larry L ^b  

^a Air Force Materiel Command   (United States)

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

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

^d Armstrong Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; 2,4,5 TRICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID;

AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY FAT; CHEMICAL WARFARE; FOLLOW UP; HALF LIFE TIME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHARMACOKINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLDIER; TOXICOKINETICS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGING; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 0030020606     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/009841096161744     Document Type: Article

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