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2178225 
Journal Article 
Present state of yusho patients 
Urabe, H; Koda, H; Asahi, M 
1979 
Yes 
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
ISSN: 0077-8923
EISSN: 1749-6632 
320 
273-276 
English 
110194 
"Yusho" is the Japanese term for a notorious mass case of PCB poisoning that occurred in Japan in 1968 as the result of distributing cooking oil, Kanemi Rice Oil, which had been polluted with PDC. At the beginning of the outbreak the hazard was limited to the western part of Japan, particularly Kyushu, where the contaminated Kanemi Rice Oil was intensively marketed. Tracking down the culpable substance and the treatment of the patients were soon undertaken by large-scale collaborative teams from Kyushu University. The history and present status of the catastrophe was stated. 
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