PCB and PCDD/DF concentrations in egg and poultry meat samples from known urban and rural locations in Wales and England

Chemosphere

Volumn 37, Issue 9-12, 1998, Pages 1671-1685

  Lovett, A A ^a   Foxall, C D ^a   Creaser, C S ^b   Chewe, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dietary intake; Eggs; Food chain; PCBs; PCDD DFs; Poultry meat

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL WASTE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INCINERATION; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; RURAL AREA; SOIL POLLUTION; TISSUE LEVEL; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

ANIMALS; BENZOFURANS; EGGS; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; INCINERATION; MEAT; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POULTRY; RURAL POPULATION; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; URBAN POPULATION; WALES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032192160     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(98)00233-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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