Dioxins and human toxicity

Arhiv za Higijenu Rada i Toksikologiju

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 445-453

  Marinković, Natalija ^a   Pašalić, Daria ^a   Ferenčak, Goran ^b   Gršković, Branka ^c   Rukavina, Ana Stavljenić ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b Medikol Outpatient Department   (Croatia)

^c MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR   (Croatia)

Author keywords

aryl hydrocarbon receptor; CYP1A1; health effects; hydrocarbon nuclear translocator; liver; P4501A1; PCDDs; PCDFs TCDD

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; CYTOCHROME P450 1A1; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1BETA; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

CHEMICAL ACCIDENT; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DRUG ELIMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION; REVIEW; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

EID: 78650659162     PISSN: 00041254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/10004-1254-61-2010-2024     Document Type: Review

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