2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin plasma levels in Seveso 20 years after the accident

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 273-277

  Landi, Maria Teresa ^a,b   Consonni, Dario ^c   Patterson Jr , Donald G ^d   Needham, Larry L ^d   Lucier, George ^e   Brambilla, Paolo ^b   Cazzaniga, Maria Angela ^b   Mocarelli, Paolo ^b   Pesatori, Angela C ^b,c   Bertazzi, Pier Alberto ^b,c   Caporaso, Neil E ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c PARKINSON INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Accident; Dioxin; Fat; Gender; Hormones; TCDD

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; METABOLISM; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 17944384803     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.98106273     Document Type: Article

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