Cancer risk assessment using blood dioxin levels and daily dietary TEQ intake in general populations of industrial and non-industrial countries

Chemosphere

Volumn 34, Issue 5-7, 1997, Pages 1569-1577

  Schecter, Arnold ^a   Olson, James R ^b  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer risk assessment; Dibenzofurans; Diet; Dioxin toxic equivalents; Dioxins; Dioxins in food; PCBs

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

CANCER RISK; CONFERENCE PAPER; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIETARY INTAKE; FISH; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRUIT; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MEAT; MILK; RISK ASSESSMENT; VEGETABLE;

CANCER RISK; DIOXIN EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0030620602     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(97)00452-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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