Levels and trends of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins/furans (PCDD/Fs) and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in Spanish commercial fish and shellfish products, 1995-2003

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 8406-8413

  Gomara B ^a   Bordajandi, L R ^a   Fernandez M A ^a   Herrero, L ^a   Abad, E ^b   Abalos, M ^b   Rivera, J ^b   Gonzalez M J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE QUÍMICA ORGÁNICA GENERAL   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Commercial Spanish fish products; PCBs; PCDD Fs; Temporal trends

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; CHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS; DIOXIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORODIBENZO 4 DIOXIN; POLYCHLORODIBENZO-4-DIOXIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIVALVE; FISH; MEAT; POLLUTANT; QUALITY CONTROL; SALMON; SHELLFISH; SPAIN; TUNA;

ANIMALS; BENZOFURANS; BIVALVIA; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FISHES; MEAT; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; QUALITY CONTROL; SALMON; SHELLFISH; SPAIN; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; TUNA;

BIVALVIA; EPIOBLASMA CAPSAEFORMIS; OSTREIDAE; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.;

EID: 27644570731     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf050835z     Document Type: Article

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