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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
3
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1987-8-7
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pubmed:abstractText |
In 1971, waste oils containing 2,3,7,8:tetrachlorodibenzodioxin (TCDD) were sprayed in Missouri for dust control. To determine if pets could serve as sentinels of human health risks associated with this contamination, we asked pet owners in a pilot study of exposed human populations about their pets' illnesses. Of 13 pets with owner-reported illnesses, 8 had potential TCDD exposures and 5 did not (p less than .05 by Mantel-Haenzel chi-square analysis stratified by age). Owner-reported illnesses in 2 of 8 illness categories were associated with TCDD contamination after adjusting for age. Although these findings suggest that pets in TCDD-contaminated areas may have greater health risks, the small sample size, unlikely pathologic groupings, and unconfirmed nature of the data fail to support a relationship between pet illnesses and possible TCDD exposure and thus make extrapolation to human populations inappropriate. The limited validity found for owner-reported pet illnesses should caution against using such data in future environmental health studies.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
AIM
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pubmed:chemical | |
pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:issn |
0003-9896
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
42
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
137-9
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2004-11-17
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:3606209-Animals,
pubmed-meshheading:3606209-Animals, Domestic,
pubmed-meshheading:3606209-Cats,
pubmed-meshheading:3606209-Dioxins,
pubmed-meshheading:3606209-Dogs,
pubmed-meshheading:3606209-Environmental Monitoring,
pubmed-meshheading:3606209-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:3606209-Missouri,
pubmed-meshheading:3606209-Soil Pollutants,
pubmed-meshheading:3606209-Tetrachlorodibenzodioxin
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Health effects in family pets and 2,3,7,8-TCDD contamination in Missouri: a look at potential animal sentinels.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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