2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) role in hematopoiesis and in hematologic diseases: A critical review

Toxicology

Volumn 374, Issue , 2016, Pages 60-68

  Fracchiolla, Nicola Stefano ^a   Annaloro, Claudio ^a   Guidotti, Francesca ^a   Fattizzo, Bruno ^a   Cortelezzi, Agostino ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

2,3,7,8 Tetrachlorodibenzo p dioxin; Aryl hydrocarbon receptor; Hematopoiesis; non Hodgkin lymphoma

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; HERBICIDE; XENOBIOTIC AGENT; POLLUTANT; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; BLOOD TOXICITY; BONE MARROW TOXICITY; CARCINOGENICITY; CARPENTER; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; HUMAN; MEDLINE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SARCOMA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VETERAN; WASTE MANAGEMENT; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG EFFECTS; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; MOUSE; POLLUTANT; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMANS; MICE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXINS;

EID: 84999264493     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: 18793185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2016.10.007     Document Type: Review

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