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Review
. 2006 Jul;101(3):419-28.
doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2005.12.003. Epub 2006 Jan 30.

Dioxins: an overview

Arnold Schecter  1 , Linda Birnbaum, John J Ryan, John D Constable
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Dioxins: an overview

Arnold Schecter et al. Environ Res. 2006 Jul.

Abstract

This review article summarizes what is known about human health following exposure to dioxins. It is meant primarily for health professionals but was also written with the general public in mind. The need for such an article became apparent to the authors following media inquiries at the time the then Ukraine presidential candidate Victor Yushchenko was deliberately poisoned with the most toxic dioxin, tetrachlorodibenzodioxin or TCDD.

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    Kimbrough RD, Charnley G. Kimbrough RD, et al. Environ Res. 2007 Jan;103(1):145-6; author reply 147-8. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2006.08.004. Epub 2006 Sep 18. Environ Res. 2007. PMID: 16979154 No abstract available.

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