Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs), and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the serum of US Air Force veterans in 2002

Chemosphere

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 62-68

  Pavuk, Marian ^a   Patterson Jr , Donald G ^b   Turner, Wayman E ^b   Needham, Larry L ^b   Ketchum, Norma S ^c  

^a SpecPro Inc   (United States)

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

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent Orange; PCBs; PCDDs; PCDFs; TCDD; Vietnam veterans

Indexed keywords

HERBICIDES; LIPIDS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

AGENT ORANGE; VIETNAM VETERANS;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

DIOXIN; HERBICIDE; LIPID; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

HERBICIDES; LIPIDS; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

HEALTH RISK; HERBICIDE; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; TOXIN; WAR;

ADULT; AIR FORCE; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; SERUM; SOUTHEAST ASIA; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; VIET NAM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947585101     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.12.039     Document Type: Article

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