Human exposure to dioxins through the diet in Catalonia, Spain: Carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic risk

Chemosphere

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1193-1200

  Llobet, Juan M ^a   Domingo, Jose L ^a   Bocio, Ana ^a   Casas, Conrad ^b   Teixidó, Angel ^b   Müller, Lutz ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b Generalitat de Catalunya ^*  (Spain)

^c MPU GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catalonia (Spain); Dietary intake; Dioxins and furans; Exposure assessment; Food; General population

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGENS; DAIRY PRODUCTS; HEALTH HAZARDS; MEATS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DIOXINS;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CARCINOGEN; DIOXIN; FAT; FURAN DERIVATIVE; OIL;

CARCINOGEN; DIOXIN; FOOD CONSUMPTION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CEREAL; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAT INTAKE; FISH; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MEAT; MILK; NONHUMAN; POPULATION EXPOSURE; SHELLFISH; SPAIN; VEGETABLE;

CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; DIET; DIOXINS; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; RISK; SPAIN;

SPAIN;

EID: 0037362953     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(02)00630-6     Document Type: Article

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