Case report: The university of Michigan dioxin exposure study: A follow-up investigation of a case with high serum concentration of 2,3,4,7,8-pentachlorodibenzofuran

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 118, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1313-1317

  Franzblau, Alfred ^a   Hedgeman, Elizabeth ^a   Jolliet, Olivier ^a   Knutson, Kristine ^a   Towey, Tim ^b   Chen, Qixuan ^c   Hong, Biling ^a   Adriaens, Peter ^d   Demond, Avery ^d   Garabrant, David H ^a   Gillespie, Brenda W ^c   Lepkowski, James ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Limno Tech Inc   (United States)

^c Section on Statistical Genetics   (United States)

^d The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dioxins; Food; Furans; Pathway of exposure; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

2,3,4,7,8 PENTACHLORODIBENZOFURAN; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZOFURAN; LIPID; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BEEF CATTLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CATTLE FARMING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLOODPLAIN; FOLLOW UP; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LIPID ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE BREEDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; BENZOFURANS; CATTLE; HUMANS; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; SOIL POLLUTANTS; YOUNG ADULT;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 77956866663     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0901723     Document Type: Article

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