Contamination levels of PCDDs, PCDFs and Co-PCBs in commercial baby foods in Japan

Journal of the Food Hygienic Society of Japan

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 148-152

  Amakura, Yoshiaki ^a   Tsutsumi, Tomoaki ^a   Iida, Takao ^b   Nakagawa, Reiko ^b   Hori, Tsuguhide ^b   Tobiishi, Kazuhiro ^b   Uchibe, Hiroyasu ^c   Nakamura, Munetomo ^c   Yanagi, Toshihiko ^c   Kono, Yoichi ^c   Toyoda, Masatake ^d   Sasaki, Kumiko ^a   Maitani, Tamio ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c JAPAN FOOD RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Japan)

^d JISSEN WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Baby food; Chemical analysis; Coplanar PCB; Dioxin; PCDD; PCDF

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

ARTICLE; BABY FOOD; FOOD CONTAMINATION; JAPAN;

ANIMALIA; PISCES; RAPHANUS SATIVUS VAR. NIGER;

EID: 25144449149     PISSN: 00156426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3358/shokueishi.46.148     Document Type: Article

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