Serum dioxin levels in Vietnamese men more than 40 years after herbicide spraying

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 3496-3503

  Manh, Ho Dung ^a,b   Kido, Teruhiko ^c   Okamoto, Rie ^c   Sun, Xianliang ^a   Anh, Le Thai ^a   Supratman, Supratman ^a   Maruzeni, Shoko ^d   Nishijo, Muneko ^d   Nakagawa, Hideaki ^d   Honma, Seijiro ^e   Nakano, Takeshi ^f   Takasuga, Takumi ^g   Nhu, Dang Duc ^h,j   Hung, Nguyen Ngoc ^h   Son, Le Ke ⁱ  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b University Bien Hoa   (Viet Nam)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Grelan Pharmaceutical Co Ltd   (Japan)

^f OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g Shimadzu Techno Research   (Japan)

^h HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

ⁱ Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Vietnam   (Viet Nam)

^j Vietnam National University   (Viet Nam)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRPORTS; CITRUS FRUITS; HERBICIDES; MILITARY BASES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

BLOOD SAMPLES; DIOXIN-LIKE COMPOUNDS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); SERUM CONCENTRATION; TOTAL TOXIC EQUIVALENTS; U.S. MILITARIES; VIETNAM WAR; VIETNAMESE;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; FURAN DERIVATIVE; HERBICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; 2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; 2,4,5 TRICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; DIOXIN;

AIRPORT; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIOXIN; HERBICIDE; MENS HEALTH; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SERUM;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; UNITED STATES; VIET NAM; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MIDDLE AGED; VERY ELDERLY; WAR;

VIET NAM;

2,4,5-TRICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; 2,4-DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FURANS; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; VIETNAM; VIETNAM CONFLICT;

EID: 84899001638     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es404853h     Document Type: Article

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