1976 Trichlorophenol Reactor Explosion at Seveso, Italy

Encyclopedia of Environmental Health

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 125-136

  Kerger, B D ^a   Gerthoux, P M ^b   Mocarelli, P ^b  

^a Health Science Resource Integration   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

2,3,7,8 Tetrachlorodibenzo p dioxin; 2,4,5 Trichlorophenol; Cancer; Children; Chloracne; Developmental; Dioxin; Half life; Human; Kinetics; Liver enzyme induction; Mortality; Reproductive; Surveillance; TCDD

Indexed keywords

EID: 85022111599     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52272-6.00143-4     Document Type: Chapter

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