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CISDOC database
| Document ID (ISN) | 44967 |
| CIS number |
85-1946 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0355-3140 - Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health |
| Year |
1984 |
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| Author(s) |
Fingerhut M.A., Halperin W.E., Honchar P.A., Smith A.B., Groth D.H., Russell W.O. |
| Title |
An evaluation of reports of dioxin exposure and soft tissue sarcoma pathology among chemical workers in the United States |
| Bibliographic information |
Oct. 1984, Vol.10, No.5, p.299-303. 17 ref. |
| Abstract |
A review of employment records and tissue specimens of 7 workers reported previously as having been exposed to dioxin and having soft tissue sarcomas, confirms that 4 workers were employed from 2 to 19 years in the production of 2,4,5-T or trichlorophenol, products usually contaminated with dioxin. 2 of these workers had confirmed soft tissue sarcomas. 3 workers from another company involved in the production of 2,4,5-T had also confirmed soft tissue sarcomas; their records did not show specific assignments to the 2,4,5-T process area, but one individual worked for 10 days in the production of pentachlorophenol. The epidemiological aspects of the study are discussed. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
herbicides; neoplasms; dioxins; chemical industry |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
USA; case study; trichlorophenol; trichlorophenoxyacetic acid; tetrachlorodibenzodioxin; pentachlorophenol |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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Agricultural chemicals
Heterocyclic compounds
Chemical industry
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