Lipid peroxidation is enhanced in Yusho victims 35 years after accidental poisoning with polychlorinated biphenyls in Nagasaki, Japan

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 195-197

  Shimizu, Kazuhiro ^a,b   Ogawa, Fumihide ^a,b   Thiele, Jens J ^c   Bae, Sangjae ^a   Sato, Shinichi ^a,b  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Study Group for the Treatment of 'Yusho' at Nagasaki   (Japan)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

8 isoprostane; Lipid peroxidation; PCBs; Yusho

Indexed keywords

8 ISOPROSTANE; CHOLINESTERASE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; SUPEROXIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHOLINESTERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; JAPAN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS; VICTIM;

AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DINOPROST; ENVIRONMENTAL ILLNESS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

EID: 33947596841     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: 10991263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jat.1205     Document Type: Article

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