Levels of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin in 1302 unexposed Air Force Vietnam-era veterans

Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 59-64

  Michalek, Joel E ^a,e   Rahe, Alton J ^b   Kulkarni, Pandurang M ^c   Tripathi, Ram C ^d  

^a Air Force Materiel Command   (United States)

^b Boral Material Technologies Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^e Armstrong Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

AGE; AIR FORCE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; SOLDIER;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VETERANS; VIETNAM;

EID: 0031984145     PISSN: 10534245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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