COHORT STUDY OF MICHIGAN RESIDENTS EXPOSED TO POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS: EPIDEMIOLOGIC AND IMMUNOLOGIC FINDINGS
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Cohort study of Michigan residents exposed to polybrominated biphenyls: epidemiologic and immunologic findings.
Polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) were dispersed widely in Michigan by a 1973 shipping accident in which PBB was introduced into cattle feed. Human exposure resulted principally from ingestion of contaminated dairy food products. To determine whether PBB exposure has or will cause acute or chronic illness, a prospective cohort study of 4545 persons has been undertaken. Three exposure groups were s...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
سال: 1979
ISSN: 0077-8923,1749-6632
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1979.tb13154.x