Environmental chemical exposures and risk of herpes zoster

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 107, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 835-841

  Arndt, Volker ^a   Vine, Marilyn F ^b,c   Weigle, Kristen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental; Hazardous waste; Herpes zoster; Immune suppression; Organochlorine; Shingles

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; METAL; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUMPING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; UNITED STATES;

HERPES; HERPES ZOSTER;

EID: 0032717551     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.99107835     Document Type: Article

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