Centro de Documentacion de Fundación MAPFRE - Induction of P-450 in workers exposed to dioxin

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Induction of P-450 in workers exposed to dioxin / William Halperin... [et al.]

Sumario: Objectives: to examine the effects of occupational exposure to substances contamined with TCDD on cytochrome P-4501A2 activity in a cross sectional medical survey -- Methods: the study population of exposed workers was recruited from current and former employees of two plants of the 12 included in the NIOSH mortality study of workers exposed to chemicals contaminated with TCDD. At the two plants, TCDD exposure resulted from the manufacture of 2,4,5-trichlorophenol (TCP) and its derivatives

En: Occupational and environmental medicine. - London and Margate. - Vol. 52, nº 2, February 1995 ; p. 86-91

1. Medicina laboral . 2. Enfermedades profesionales . 3. Plantas químicas . 4. Contaminantes químicos . 5. Participación de los trabajadores en la empresa . 6. TCP . 7. Citrocromo P-450 . 8. Epidemiología . I. Halperin, William . II. Título. III. Título: Occupational and environmental medicine.