Health status and plasma dioxin levels in chloracne cases 20 years after the Seveso, Italy accident

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 459-465

  Baccarelli, A ^a   Pesatori, A C ^b   Consonni, D ^b   Mocarelli, P ^c   Patterson Jr , D G ^d   Caporaso, N E ^a   Bertazzi, P A ^b   Landi, Maria Teresa ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Chloracne; Dermatotoxicity; Hair colour; Tetrachlorodibenzodioxin

Indexed keywords

DIOXIN; HALOGEN; HYDROCARBON;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CHLORACNE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HAIR COLOR; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN TOXICITY;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAIR COLOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

EID: 17444380788     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06444.x     Document Type: Article

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