Acute non-cancer mortality excess after polychlorinated biphenyls and polychlorinated dibenzofurans mixed exposure from contaminated rice oil: Yusho

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 3288-3294

  Kashima, Saori ^a,b   Yorifuji, Takashi ^b,c   Tsuda, Toshihide ^d  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chlorinated dibenzofurans; Food contamination; Mortality; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

AFFECTED AREA; AREA-BASED; CANCER DISEASE; CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; CHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXPOSURE GROUPS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; HEART DISEASE; MORTALITY; NON-CANCER MORTALITY; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS; RICE OIL; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIOS; YUSHO PATIENTS;

DISEASES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; STATISTICS; VEGETABLE OILS;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; RICE OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE OIL;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIBENZOFURAN; MORTALITY; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHUS CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; NEOPLASM; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BENZOFURANS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY FATS, UNSATURATED; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PORPHYRIAS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959691122     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.05.038     Document Type: Article

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