A cohort study on mortality and exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 417-424

  Hsieh, Shu Feng ^a   Yen, Yea Yin ^b   Lan, Shou Jen ^c   Lee, Chien Hung ^c   Ko, Ying Chin ^c   Hsieh, Chung Cheng ^d,e  

^a Graduate Institute of Medicine   (United States)

^b School of Medical Sociology   (United States)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIBENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; FOOD PROCESSING; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; TAIWAN;

EID: 0030457866     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039896.1996.9936040     Document Type: Article

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