Yusho: 43 years later

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 7 SUPPL., 2012, Pages

  Yoshimura, Takesumi ^a  

^a FUKUOKA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dioxin; Japan Environment and Children's Study; Mortality; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Yusho

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

CANCER MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YUSHO DISEASE;

ANIMALS; DIOXINS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; JAPAN; NEOPLASMS; PORPHYRIAS;

EID: 84864581215     PISSN: 1607551X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.kjms.2012.05.010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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