Survey of polybrominated diphenyl ether levels in Spanish commercial foodstuffs

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 7541-7547

  Gomara B ^a   Herrero, L ^a   Gonzalez M J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE QUÍMICA ORGÁNICA GENERAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DAIRY PRODUCTS; DEGRADATION;

COMMERCIAL FOODSTUFFS; FOOD SAMPLES; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDE);

FLAME RETARDANTS;

FLAME RETARDANT; OIL; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

BIODIVERSITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DAIRY PRODUCTS; DEGRADATION; FLAME RETARDANTS;

BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOOD SAFETY; PBDE;

ARTICLE; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIETARY INTAKE; EGG; FISH; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEAT; MILK LEVEL; POULTRY; SAMPLING; SEA FOOD; SPAIN; STANDARD;

ETHERS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; QUALITY CONTROL; SPAIN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33845804753     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es061130w     Document Type: Article

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