title: Correspondence to the Editor Re: Maternal exposure to high levels of dioxins in relation to birth weight in women affected by Yusho disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Ecology, Okayama University Graduate School of Environmental and Life Science, 3-1-1 Tsushima-naka, Kita-ku, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan. Electronic address: yorichan@md.okayama-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yorifuji
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health and Health Policy, Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan.
authors.forename: Saori
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kashima
authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematical Information Science, Okayama University of Science, 1-1, Ridai-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-0005, Japan.
authors.forename: Eiji
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
mesh_terms: D001724:Birth Weight / Q000187:drug effects*; D004147:Dioxins / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018811:Maternal Exposure / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011164:Porphyrias / Q000139:chemically induced*
chemical_list: D004147:Dioxins
keywords: Dioxins; Food contamination; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Yusho disease