Current skin symptoms of Yusho patients exposed to high levels of 2,3,4,7,8-pentachlorinated dibenzofuran and polychlorinated biphenyls in 1968

Chemosphere

Volumn 137, Issue , 2015, Pages 45-51

  Mitoma, Chikage ^a   Mine, Yoshiko ^a   Utani, Atsushi ^b   Imafuku, Shinichi ^c   Muto, Masahiko ^d   Akimoto, Takamichi ^e   Kanekura, Takuro ^f   Furue, Masutaka ^a,g   Uchi, Hiroshi ^g  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e Minoh City Health Care Facilities for the Elderly   (Japan)

^f KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

2,3,4,7,8 pentachlorinated dibenzofuran; Chloracne; Dioxins; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Skin; Yusho

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; GRADING; OILS AND FATS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SKIN;

BLOOD CONCENTRATIONS; CHLORACNE; DIBENZOFURANS; DIOXIN-LIKE COMPOUNDS; DIOXINS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); SCORING SYSTEMS; YUSHO;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

2,3,4,7,8 PENTACHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; DIBENZOFURAN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; CHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS;

BLOOD; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIBENZOFURAN; DIOXIN; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HEALTH RISK; INJURY; PCB; SKIN DISORDER;

ACNE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMEDO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAIL DISEASE; PIGMENT DISORDER; PREVALENCE; SCAR FORMATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; YUSHO DISEASE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHEMISTRY; COMPLICATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MIDDLE AGED; ORYZA; PORPHYRIA; SKIN DISEASE;

JAPAN; KYUSHU;

BENZOFURANS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORYZA; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PORPHYRIAS; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 84929597174     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.03.070     Document Type: Article

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