The Seveso studies on early and long-term effects of dioxin exposure: A review

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 106, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1998, Pages 625-633

  Bertazzi, Pier A ^a   Bernucci, Iiaria ^b   Brambilla, Gabriella ^a   Consonni, Dario ^c   Pesatori, Angela C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c PARKINSON INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer; Dioxin; Epidemiology; Industrial accident; Mortality; Seveso

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; DIOXIN;

CANCER INCIDENCE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHLORACNE; CLASSIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LATENT PERIOD; LIVER FUNCTION; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; MEASUREMENT; MONITORING; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOIL;

EID: 0031860763     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.98106625     Document Type: Conference Paper

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