Cohort study of the population exposed to dioxin after the Seveso, Italy accident: Mortality results, 1976-2013

Introduction. On July 10, 1976 a runaway reaction in a plant for the production of 2,4,5-trichlorophenol near Seveso, Italy caused the contamination with 2,3,7,8-tetrachloro-dibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD)...