Modelling of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin levels in a cohort of workers with exposure to phenoxy herbicides and chlorophenols

Chemosphere

Volumn 37, Issue 9-12, 1998, Pages 1743-1754

  Heederik, Dick ^a,b   Hooiveld, Mariëtte ^a   Bueno de Mesquita, H Bas ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; CHLOROPHENOL; HERBICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

CHLOROPHENOL; HERBICIDE; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; MANUFACTURING; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHLORACNE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HALF LIFE TIME; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOXICOKINETICS;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 0032192218     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(98)00239-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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