Dioxin and cancer: A critical review

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 378-388

  Cole, Philip ^a   Trichopoulos, Dimitrios ^b   Pastides, Harris ^c   Starr, Thomas ^e   Mandel, Jack S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Cancer; Dioxin; TCDD

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; ASBESTOS; CARCINOGEN; ESTROGEN; PESTICIDE;

CANCER; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SPECIES COMPARISON; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0242456066     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2003.08.002     Document Type: Article

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