Dr. Alan Poland - the pioneer in this field of research

Studies on the mechanism of toxicity of the chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins.
Environ Health Perspect. 1973 Sep;5:245-51.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1474979/

2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin: environmental contaminant and molecular probe.
Fed Proc. 1976 Oct;35(12):2404-11.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/134910

An estimate of the maximum in vivo covalent binding of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin to rat liver protein, ribosomal RNA, and DNA.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/476664
http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/39/9/3341.full-text.pdf  (Fulltext PDF)