Contamination of free-range chicken eggs with dioxins and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls

Molecular Nutrition and Food Research

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 908-914

  Schoeters, Greet ^a,c   Hoogenboom, Ron ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chicken eggs; Food contamination; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Polychlorinated dibenzo p dioxins; Polychlorinated dibenzofurans

Indexed keywords

DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; BODY BURDEN; CHICKEN; DIET; EGG; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; REVIEW; SOIL;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BODY BURDEN; CHICKENS; DIET; DIOXINS; EGGS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SOIL;

EID: 33750412585     PISSN: 16134125     EISSN: 16134133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.200500201     Document Type: Review

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