Residues of DDT and HCH in wheat samples collected from different states of India and their dietary exposure: A multicentre study

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 281-288

  Toteja, G S ^a   Diwakar, S ^a   Mukherjee, A ^a   Singh, P ^a   Saxena, B N ^a   Kalra, R L ^b   Kapoor, S K ^b   Kaur, H ^b   Raizada, R B ^c   Singh, Vasudha ^c   Vaidya, R C ^d   Chakraborty, S ^d   Shirolkar, S B ^d   Regupathy, A ^e   Douressamy, ^e  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

^d Central Drugs Laboratory India   (India)

^e TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

1,2,3,4,5,6 hexachloro cyclohexane (HCH); 2,2 bis (p chlorophenyl) 1,1,1 trichloro ethane (DDT); Contamination; Surveillance; Wheat

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FLUOR; FOOD INTAKE; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRAIN; INDIA; ISOMER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; WHEAT;

ADULT; CARCINOGENS; DDT; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLOUR; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INDIA; INSECTICIDES; ISOMERISM; LINDANE; MALE; PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; RURAL HEALTH; TRITICUM; URBAN HEALTH;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 33644821161     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030500401181     Document Type: Article

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