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SUBMITTER: Tohyama C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2999684 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tohyama Chiharu C Uchiyama Iwao I Hoshi Shuji S Hijiya Masaki M Miyata Hideaki H Nagai Masaki M Nakai Satoshi S Yauchi Mariko M Ohkubo Satsuki S
Environmental health and preventive medicine 20100615 1
The soil of a residential area in Tokyo was found to contain dioxins, namely polychlorinated dioxins, furans, and dioxin-like biphenyls, the levels of which exceeded the environmental guideline [1,000 pg toxic equivalent (TEQ)/g] by up to 6.8 times. To assess the exposure levels of people living in this area and to study the possible relationship of blood dioxin concentrations of children with breast milk and/or formula feeding, a health survey was carried out in 2006, involving a total of 138 p ...[more]