Chloracne, goiter, arthritis, and anemia after polychlorinated biphenyl poisoning: 14-Year follow-up of the Taiwan Yucheng cohort

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 107, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 715-719

  Guo, Yueliang Leon ^a   Yu, Mei Lin ^a   Hsu, Chen Chin ^b   Rogan, Walter J ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Tainan Hospital   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Acneform eruptions; Food intoxication; PCBs; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Skin manifestations; Thyroid gland

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CHLORACNE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GOITER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERKERATOSIS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAIL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ALLERGY; TAIWAN; TOOTH DISEASE;

EID: 0032833399     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.99107715     Document Type: Article

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