Yusho in Japan

Industrial Health

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 139-148

  Yoshimura, Takesumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Black baby; Chloracne; Dioxin; Heat transfer; PCBs; PCDFs; Yusho

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

ACNE; ALGORITHM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHLORACNE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE DISEASE; FATIGUE; HEADACHE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; REVIEW; SKIN PIGMENTATION; YUSHO DISEASE;

EID: 0043172486     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.41.139     Document Type: Review

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