Dioxin: Exposure-response analyses and risk assessment

Industrial Health

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 175-180

  Steenland, Kyle ^a   Deddens, James ^b,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Dioxin; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; DIOXIN;

CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISH; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0041669509     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.41.175     Document Type: Review

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