Blood levels of PCDDs, PCDFs, and coplanar PCBs in Yusho mothers and their descendants: Association with fetal Yusho disease

Chemosphere

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1581-1588

  Tsukimori, Kiyomi ^a   Uchi, Hiroshi ^b,c   Tokunaga, Shoji ^b   Yasukawa, Fumiko ^b,c   Chiba, Takahito ^b,c   Kajiwara, Junboku ^d   Hirata, Teruaki ^d   Furue, Masutaka ^b,c  

^a FUKUOKA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d FUKUOKA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dioxin; Fetus; Prenatal exposure; Skin hyperpigmentation; Yusho

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK PERCEPTION;

DIOXIN; FETUS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; YUSHO;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

1,2,3,6,7,8 HEXACDD; DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HEALTH RISK; MATERNAL HEALTH; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; RICE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BLOOD; MOTHER; PROGENY; RISK FACTOR; YUSHO DISEASE;

JAPAN;

EID: 84872263598     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.08.024     Document Type: Article

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