Dioxins: An overview

Environmental Research

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 419-428

  Schecter, Arnold ^a   Birnbaum, Linda ^b   Ryan, John J ^c   Constable, John D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent orange; Dioxins; Poisoning; TCDD; Yushchenko

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; DIOXIN;

DIOXIN; HEALTH STATUS; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION;

BODY COMPOSITION; CANCER; CHLORACNE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; EXPOSURE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; INTOXICATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; UKRAINE; WILDLIFE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UKRAINE;

EID: 33645812245     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2005.12.003     Document Type: Review

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