Recent dioxin contamination from Agent Orange in residents of a southern Vietnam city

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 435-443

  Schecter, Arnold ^e   Dai, Le Cao ^a   Päpke, Olaf ^b   Prange, Joelle ^c   Constable, John D ^f   Matsuda, Muneaki ^d   Thao, Vu Due ^f   Piskac, Amanda L ^f  

^a Natural Computation Group   (Viet Nam)

^b Eurofins Medinet Inc   (Germany)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Environmental Sciences Associates   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; 2,4,5 TRICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; DIOXIN; HERBICIDE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; SOIL POLLUTION; VIET NAM; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0035026323     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-200105000-00002     Document Type: Article

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