Serum dioxin levels in Seveso, Italy, population in 1976

Teratogenesis Carcinogenesis and Mutagenesis

Volumn 17, Issue 4-5, 1997, Pages 225-240

  Needham, L L ^a   Gerthoux, P M ^b   Patterson Jr , D G ^a   Brambilla, P ^b   Turner, W E ^a   Beretta, C ^b   Pirkle, J L ^a   Colombo, L ^b   Sampson, E J ^a   Tramacere, P L ^b   Signorini, S ^b   Meazza, L ^b   Carreri, V ^b   Jackson, R J ^a   Mocarelli, P ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b DESIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer; Chloracne; Dioxins; Exposure assessment; Serum; Seveso; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; 2,4,5 TRICHLOROPHENOL; DIOXIN;

BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHLORACNE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPLOSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; SEX RATIO; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

EID: 0031418301     PISSN: 02703211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6866(1997)17:4/5<225::AID-TCM5>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Conference Paper

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