Relationship of clinical symptoms and laboratory findings with blood levels of PCDFs in patients with Yusho

Journal of Dermatological Science, Supplement

Volumn 1 SUPPL., Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Kanagawa, Yoshiyuki ^a   Imamura, Tomoaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clinical symptoms; Laboratory findings; Polychlorinated dibenzofuran (PCDF) levels; Yusho

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE EXAMINATION; GINGIVA DISEASE; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN EXAMINATION; YUSHO DISEASE;

EID: 33846452744     PISSN: 15740757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.descs.2005.03.013     Document Type: Article

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