title: Dioxins: an overview.
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.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas Health Science Center, School of Public Health, Dallas Campus, Dallas, TX 75390, USA. arnold.schecter@utsouthwestern.edu
authors.forename: Arnold
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schecter
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Birnbaum
authors.forename: John J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Ryan
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Constable
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000737:chemistry; D004147:Dioxins / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism / Q000633:toxicity*; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D004787:Environmental Pollution; D006801:Humans; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins / Q000506:poisoning / Q000633:toxicity*; D011634:Public Health; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D004147:Dioxins; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins