Blood lipid concentrations of dioxins and furans in a sample of BASF employees included in the IARC registry of workers exposed to phenoxy acid herbicides and/or chlorophenols

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 106, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1998, Pages 733-735

  Messerer, Peter ^a   Zober, Andreas ^a   Becher, Heiko ^b  

^a BASF SE   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

2,3,7,8 Tetrachlorodibenzo p dioxin; Chlorophenols; Dioxin toxicity equivalents; Phenoxy acid herbicides

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; CHLOROPHENOL; DIOXIN; FURAN DERIVATIVE; HERBICIDE; LIPID;

ADULT; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031803461     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.98106733     Document Type: Conference Paper

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