The concepts of the new criteria for Yusho poisoning

Journal of Dermatological Science, Supplement

Volumn 1 SUPPL., Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Tokunaga, Shoji ^a   Iida, Takao ^b   Furue, Masutaka ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

2,3,4,7,8 Pentachlorinated dibenzofuran; Diagnostic criteria; Human blood; Multiplicative model; Polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs); Yusho

Indexed keywords

2,3,4,7,8 PENTACHLORODIBENZOFURAN; DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EXPLANATORY VARIABLE; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; YUSHO DISEASE;

EID: 34548482512     PISSN: 15740757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.descs.2005.03.012     Document Type: Article

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