Cancer, heart disease, and diabetes in workers exposed to 2,3,7,8- tetrachlorodibenzop-dioxin

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 779-786

  Steenland, Kyle ^a,b   Piacitelli, Laurie ^a   Deddens, James ^a   Fingerhut, Marilyn ^a   Chang, Lih Ing ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LUNG CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL CARCINOGENESIS; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033526326     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/91.9.779     Document Type: Article

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