Mortality after exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls and polychlorinated dibenzofurans: A 40-year follow-up study of Yusho patients

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 86-95

  Onozuka, Daisuke ^a   Yoshimura, Takesumi ^a,b   Kaneko, Satoshi ^b,c   Furue, Masutaka ^d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Food contamination; Mortality; Neoplasms; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

DIBENZOFURAN; OIL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PCB; PCDF; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; INGESTION; JAPAN; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PUBLIC HEALTH; RICE; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; YUSHO DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BENZOFURANS; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT OILS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 58149263291     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwn295     Document Type: Article

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