| Document ID (ISN) | 43584 |
| CIS number |
85-469 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0140-6736 - Lancet |
| Year |
1983 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Dalderup L.M., Zellenrath D. |
| Title |
Dioxin exposure: 20 year follow-up |
| Bibliographic information |
12 Nov. 1983, Vol.2, No.8359, p.1134-1135. |
| Abstract |
Mortality data have been collected for a cohort of 141 men exposed to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzodioxin as a result of an explosion in an Amsterdam factory in 1963. Within the group 69 exhibited unequivocal chloracne and 72 were without clear signs of chloracne. Of 25 who have died, 8 died from myocardial infarction and 7 of these had had chloracne. 4 belonged to a group of 16 contract cleaners with exposures to other chemicals and a relatively high alcohol consumption rate. 8 men have died from neoplasms which do not show an organ-related pattern and do not represent any excess mortality. Morbidity data are being collected on 35 of the cohort and data are being compared with those of a matched control group. No significant differences have been found but the study continues. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
tetrachlorodibenzodioxin; neoplasms; chloracne |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
myocardial infarction; dioxins; long-term study; mortality; morbidity |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Skin diseases
Heterocyclic compounds
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