Mortality after exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls and dibenzofurans: 30 years after the "Yucheng Accident"

Environmental Research

Volumn 120, Issue , 2013, Pages 71-75

  Li, Ming Chieh ^a   Tsai, Pei Chien ^b   Chen, Pau Chung ^a   Hsieh, Chia Jung ^a   Leon Guo, Yue Liang ^c   Rogan, Walter J ^d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Dioxin; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Polychlorinated dibenzofurans; Standardized mortality ratio; Yucheng

Indexed keywords

DIBENZOFURAN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIBENZOFURAN; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISORDER; DIOXIN; FOOD CONSUMPTION; MORTALITY; MUSCLE; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; VEGETABLE OIL;

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENDER; HEMATOPOIETIC TISSUE; HUMAN; INFANT; LYMPHANGIOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEIGHBORHOOD; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STOMACH TUMOR; TAIWAN; TOXIC OIL SYNDROME;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BENZOFURANS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POISONING; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

TAIWAN;

EID: 84871688918     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2012.09.003     Document Type: Article

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