An Abstract of Results of Laboratory Examinations of Patients with Yusho and of Animal Experiments

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  • Masanori Kuratsune
چکیده

An extensive clinical study of Yusho and many animal experiments were carried out by the Yusho study group in Kyushu University in order to clarify the mechanism of toxic actions of Kanechlor. Most of the findings have been published in Japanese with brief English abstracts. I hope this abstract will help in the understanding of the important observations obtained by these studies. Table 1. Laboratory findings of patients with Yusho.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Environmental Health Perspectives

دوره 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1972