An overview of the effects of dioxins and dioxin-like compounds on vertebrates, as documented in human and ecological epidemiology

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part C Environmental Carcinogenesis and Ecotoxicology Reviews

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 197-211

  White, Sally S ^a   Birnbaum, Linda S ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Dioxin; Ecology; Environmental toxicology; Furan; Historical production; Historical releases; Molecular mechanisms; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; Vertebrate health; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL RELEASE; ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; DIOXIN-LIKE COMPOUNDS; EARLY LIFE; ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY; FURAN; HISTORICAL PRODUCTION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; MOLECULAR MECHANISM; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PUBLIC HEALTH POLICIES; VERTEBRATE SPECIES; WILDLIFE SPECIES;

ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; HEALTH; HYDROCARBONS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; TOXICITY;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; DIOXIN; FURAN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DISASTER; ECOTOXICITY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TOXICOKINETICS;

ANIMALS; BENZOFURANS; CHEMICAL HAZARD RELEASE; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; VERTEBRATES;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 71449114195     PISSN: 10590501     EISSN: 15324095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10590500903310047     Document Type: Review

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