Temporal and local trends of PCDD/F levels in cow's milk in Switzerland

Chemosphere

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 129-136

  Schmid, Peter ^a   Gujer, Erika ^a   Zennegg, Markus ^a   Studer, Christoph ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b Swiss Agy Environ Forests L   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atmospheric deposition; Cow's milk; Dioxins; PCDD; PCDF; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RURAL AREAS;

MILK; MILK PROCESSING PLANTS;

DAIRY PRODUCTS;

DIBENZOFURAN; MILK FAT; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DAIRY FARMING; DIOXIN; PCDD; PCDF;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAIRYING; FOOD PROCESSING; GEOGRAPHY; INDUSTRY; MILK; NONHUMAN; PLANT; RURAL AREA; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWITZERLAND; TANK; AIR POLLUTANT; ANIMAL; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; FOOD INDUSTRY; REFERENCE VALUE; TIME;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; BENZOFURANS; CATTLE; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; GEOGRAPHY; MILK; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; REFERENCE VALUES; SWITZERLAND; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0142054490     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(03)00439-9     Document Type: Article

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