TCDD exposure estimation for workers at a New Zealand 2,4,5-T manufacturing facility based on serum sampling data

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 417-426

  Aylward, Lesa L ^a   Bodner, Kenneth M ^b   Collins, James J ^b   Wilken, Michael ^b   McBride, David ^c   Burns, Carol J ^b   Hays, Sean M ^a   Humphry, Noel ^d  

^a LLP   (United States)

^b DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d Dow Chemical Company Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dioxin; exposure reconstruction; occupational exposure; pharmacokinetics.

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; 2,4,5 TRICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; HERBICIDE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; HALF LIFE TIME; HUMAN; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

2,4,5-TRICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; COHORT STUDIES; HALF-LIFE; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

EID: 77953871047     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2009.31     Document Type: Article

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