Serum 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) levels and thyroid function in Air Force veterans of the Vietnam War

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 335-343

  Pavuk, Marian ^a   Schecter, Arnold J ^a,c   Akhtar, Fatema Z ^b   Michalek, Joel E ^b,d  

^a Univ TX Houston Sch Pub Hlth D   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d 2655 Flight Nurse ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Dioxin; Hypothyroidism; Ranch Hand; TCDD; Thyroid Function; Thyroid Hormones; TSH; Vietnam Veterans

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; AIR FORCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DATA ANALYSIS; EXAMINATION; GEOGRAPHY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLDIER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION; VIET NAM; WAR;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; THYROID DISEASES; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE; VETERANS; VIETNAM;

EID: 0037803469     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(02)00422-2     Document Type: Article

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