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Sex ratio after exposure to dioxin-like chemicals in Taiwan.
- Source :
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Lancet . 1/16/1999, Vol. 353 Issue 9148, p206-207. 2p. 1 Chart. - Publication Year :
- 1999
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Abstract
- Reports on the number of girls and boys born in Seveso, Italy after an industrial accident in 1976 which left many contaminated with tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD). How almost twice as many girls were born in the years following the accident; Questionable effects of TCDD on hormones; Similar studies conducted in Taiwan following a similar industrial accident.
- Subjects :
- *TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN
*WORK-related injuries
*BIRTH rate
*POLLUTION
*PHYSIOLOGY
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01406736
- Volume :
- 353
- Issue :
- 9148
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Lancet
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 1468126
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(05)77215-9