Dioxins: Health Effects

Encyclopedia of Environmental Health

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 93-101

  Schecter, A J ^a   Colacino, J A ^b   Birnbaum, L S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Agent Orange; Dioxin; Health; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; Seveso; Vietnam; Yucheng; Yusho

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983521092     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52272-6.00487-6     Document Type: Chapter

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