Plasma dioxin levels and cause-specific mortality in an occupational cohort of workers exposed to chlorophenoxy herbicides, chlorophenols and contaminants

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 113-118

  Boers, Daisy ^a   Portengen, Lützen ^a   Turner, Wayman E ^b   Bueno de Mesquita, H Bas ^c   Heederik, Dick ^a   Vermeulen, Roel ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; CHLOROPHENOL; HERBICIDE;

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MELANOMA; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RESPIRATORY TRACT CANCER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER; WORKER;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHLOROPHENOLS; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

EID: 84855694594     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2010.060426     Document Type: Article

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