Human exposure to dioxin-like compounds in fish and shellfish consumed in South Korea

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 223-235

  Lee, Kyu Tae ^a   Lee, Jong Hyeon ^a   Lee, Jung Suk ^a   Park, Kun Ho ^a   Kim, Seung Kyu ^a   Shim, Won Joon ^b   Hong, Sang Hee ^b   Im, Un Hyuk ^b   Giesy, John P ^c,d   Oh, Jae Ryoung ^b  

^a NeoEnBiz Co   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Dioxin uptake rate; Fish consumption; POPs; TDI; TEQ

Indexed keywords

ARCTOSCOPUS JAPONICUS; CLUPEIDAE; ENGRAULIDAE;

EID: 33847123480     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807030601105365     Document Type: Review

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