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chlordecone and Diseases, Occupational

chlordecone has been researched along with Diseases, Occupational in 16 studies

Research Excerpts

ExcerptRelevanceReference
"Industrial overexposure to chlordecone, an organochlorine insecticide, caused tremor in 76 of 148 exposed workers."3.66Chlordecone intoxication in man. I. Clinical observations. ( Houff, SA; Martinez, AJ; Selhorst, JB; Taylor, JR, 1978)
"Chlordecone was present in high concentrations in samples of blood, liver, and fat from these workers."1.27New approaches for treatment of humans exposed to a slowly excreted environmental chemical (chlordecone). ( Guzelian, PS, 1984)

Research

Studies (16)

TimeframeStudies, this research(%)All Research%
pre-199015 (93.75)18.7374
1990's1 (6.25)18.2507
2000's0 (0.00)29.6817
2010's0 (0.00)24.3611
2020's0 (0.00)2.80

Authors

AuthorsStudies
Landrigan, PJ3
Kreiss, K1
Xintaras, C1
Feldman, RG1
Heath, CW2
Miller, RW1
Reich, MR1
Spong, JK1
Guzelian, PS1
Peters, JM1
Epstein, SS1
Cannon, SB1
Veazey, JM1
Jackson, RS1
Burse, VW1
Hayes, C1
Straub, WE1
Liddle, JA1
Taylor, JR3
Selhorst, JB1
Houff, SA2
Martinez, AJ2
Dyck, PJ1
Isaacs, E1
Schrag, SD1
Dixon, RL1
Knishkowy, B1
Baker, EL1
Aw, C1

Reviews

4 reviews available for chlordecone and Diseases, Occupational

ArticleYear
Kepone: a chemical disaster in Hopewell, Virginia.
    International journal of health services : planning, administration, evaluation, 1983, Volume: 13, Issue:2

    Topics: Air Pollutants; Air Pollutants, Occupational; Central Nervous System Diseases; Chemical Industry; Ch

1983
Kepone--hazard evaluation.
    The Science of the total environment, 1978, Volume: 9, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Body Burden; Carcinogens; Chemical Industry; Chemical Phenomena; Chemistry; Chlordecone; Du

1978
Prevention of toxic environmental illness in the twenty-first century.
    Environmental health perspectives, 1990, Volume: 86

    Topics: Chemical Industry; Chlordecone; Environmental Health; Forecasting; Humans; Nervous System Diseases;

1990
Occupational exposures associated with male reproductive dysfunction.
    Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology, 1985, Volume: 25

    Topics: Anesthetics; Arsenic; Benzene; Boron; Cadmium; Carbaryl; Carbon Disulfide; Chlordecone; Contraceptiv

1985

Other Studies

12 other studies available for chlordecone and Diseases, Occupational

ArticleYear
Clinical epidemiology of occupational neurotoxic disease.
    Neurobehavioral toxicology, 1980,Spring, Volume: 2, Issue:1

    Topics: Adult; Chlordecone; Environmental Pollutants; Female; Humans; Insecticides; Male; Nervous System Dis

1980
Areawide chemical contamination. Lessons from case histories.
    JAMA, 1981, Apr-17, Volume: 245, Issue:15

    Topics: Adult; Child; Chlordecone; Dioxins; Environmental Pollution; Female; Humans; Industrial Waste; Infan

1981
New approaches for treatment of humans exposed to a slowly excreted environmental chemical (chlordecone).
    Zeitschrift fur Gastroenterologie, 1984, Volume: 22, Issue:1

    Topics: Adipose Tissue; Chlordecone; Cholestyramine Resin; Humans; Insecticides; Maximum Allowable Concentra

1984
The Kepone episode: another warning.
    The New England journal of medicine, 1978, Feb-02, Volume: 298, Issue:5

    Topics: Chlordecone; Humans; Insecticides; Occupational Diseases; Virginia

1978
D.B.C.P., chlordecone, and the risk-benefit equation.
    Lancet (London, England), 1978, Jul-08, Volume: 2, Issue:8080

    Topics: Animals; Chlordecone; Female; Humans; Infertility, Male; Insecticides; Male; Mice; Neoplasms, Experi

1978
Epidemic kepone poisoning in chemical workers.
    American journal of epidemiology, 1978, Volume: 107, Issue:6

    Topics: Chemical Industry; Chlordecone; Environmental Exposure; Female; Humans; Insecticides; Male; Occupati

1978
Chlordecone intoxication in man. I. Clinical observations.
    Neurology, 1978, Volume: 28, Issue:7

    Topics: Chemical Phenomena; Chemistry; Chlordecone; Environmental Exposure; Eye Movements; Humans; Insectici

1978
Chlordecone intoxication in man. II. Ultrastructure of peripheral nerves and skeletal muscle.
    Neurology, 1978, Volume: 28, Issue:7

    Topics: Adult; Chlordecone; Environmental Exposure; Humans; Insecticides; Male; Muscles; Occupational Diseas

1978
Environmental pollutants and the epidemiology of cancer.
    Environmental health perspectives, 1978, Volume: 27

    Topics: Animals; Carcinogens, Environmental; Chlordecone; Epidemiologic Methods; Hemangiosarcoma; Humans; Li

1978
Transmission of occupational disease to family contacts.
    American journal of industrial medicine, 1986, Volume: 9, Issue:6

    Topics: Adult; Arsenic Poisoning; Asbestosis; Berylliosis; Child; Chlordecone; Estradiol Congeners; Humans;

1986
Workplace exposures causing male infertility.
    Occupational health; a journal for occupational health nurses, 1987, Volume: 39, Issue:10

    Topics: Air Pollutants; Chlordecone; Humans; Infertility, Male; Insecticides; Male; Occupational Diseases; P

1987
Neurological manifestations in humans exposed to chlordecone: follow-up results.
    Neurotoxicology, 1985,Spring, Volume: 6, Issue:1

    Topics: Adipose Tissue; Chlordecone; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Insecticides; Nervous System Diseases; Occup

1985