Time trends in human dietary exposure to PCDDs, PCDFs and PCBs in the UK

Chemosphere

Volumn 37, Issue 9-12, 1998, Pages 1657-1670

  Harrison, N ^a   Wearne, S ^a   Gem, M G D M ^a   Gleadle, A ^a   Startin, J ^a   Thorpe, S ^a   Wright, C ^a   Kelly, M ^a   Robinson, C ^a   White, S ^a   Hardy, D ^a   Edinburgh, V ^a  

^a DEFRA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

DIET; FOOD INTAKE; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; POLLUTION MONITORING; TREND ANALYSIS;

BIOACCUMULATION; BODY BURDEN; BODY WEIGHT; BREAD; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIPID DIET; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; POPULATION EXPOSURE; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BENZOFURANS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILK, HUMAN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032190709     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(98)00232-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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