Environnement, Risques & Santé
MENULes enseignements de l’accident de Seveso Volume 18, issue 3, May-June 2019
- DOI : 10.1684/ers.2019.1302
- Page(s) : 208-11
- Published in: 2019
This news is based on the following article: Eskenazi B, Warner M, Brambilla P, Signorini S, Ames J, Mocarelli P. The Seveso accident: a look at 40 years of health research and beyond. Environ Int 2018 ; 121 : 71-84. doi : 10.1016/j.envint.2018.08.051
Most of our knowledge about the health effects of dioxin comes from studies of the victims of the Seveso disaster summarized in this article reviewing the results of 40 years of epidemiological research that continues today. The authors review the initial data collection, archiving of biological samples, registers, and extensive monitoring programs that made such knowledge possible.
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