Chloracne and morbidity after dioxin exposure (preliminary results)

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 96-97, Issue , 1998, Pages 347-350

  Neuberger, M ^a   Kundi, M ^a   Jager R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Occupational Health Center   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chloracne; Chronic disease; Dioxin (TCDD); Gamma GT; Liver disease; Morbidity

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; 2,4,5 TRICHLOROPHENOL; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LIVER ENZYME;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLORACNE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACNE VULGARIS; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CHLOROPHENOLS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

EID: 0031713588     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(98)00092-7     Document Type: Article

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