Exposure of populations to dioxins and related compounds

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 241-259

  Djien Liem, A K ^a,c   Furst, Peter ^b,c   Rappe, Chris ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b Chemical and Veterinary Control Laboratory (CVUA)   (Germany)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Consumption habits; Dietary intake; PCBs; PCDDs; PCDFs; Toxic equivalent(TEQ)

Indexed keywords

DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST MILK; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; EUROPE; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION EXPOSURE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BENZOFURANS; BODY BURDEN; BREAST FEEDING; CANADA; CHILD; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EUROPE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; MILK, HUMAN; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0000829737     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026520300283324     Document Type: Article

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