Morbidity study of extruder personnel with potential exposure to brominated dioxins and furans II Results of clinical laboratory studies

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 844-846

  Ott, M Gerald ^a   Zober, Andreas ^b  

^a BASF CORPORATION   (United States)

^b BASF SE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brominated dioxins; Liver; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

DIOXIN; FURAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER FUNCTION; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FUNCTION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BENZOFURANS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIOXINS; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; LIPIDS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 0030461180     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.53.12.844     Document Type: Article

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