A study on PCB, PCDD/PCDF industrial contamination in a mixed urban-agricultural area significantly affecting the food chain and the human exposure. Part I: Soil and feed

Chemosphere

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1822-1830

  Turrio Baldassarri, Luigi ^a   Abate, Vittorio ^a   Alivernini, Silvia ^a   Battistelli, Chiara Laura ^a   Carasi, Sergio ^b   Casella, Marialuisa ^a   Iacovella, Nicola ^a   Iamiceli, Anna Laura ^a   Indelicato, Annamaria ^b   Scarcella, Carmelo ^b   La Rocca, Cinzia ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b ASL Brescia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contamination profile; Contamination source; Dioxin like PCBs; Toxicity equivalent

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOIL POLLUTION;

CONTAMINATION PROFILE; CONTAMINATION SOURCES; FOOD CHAIN; TOXICITY EQUIVALENT;

SOIL SURVEYS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

CONTAMINATION; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL SURVEYS;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; FOOD CHAIN; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICITY; URBAN POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FOOD CONTAMINATION; FORAGE; ITALY; SOIL POLLUTION; URBAN AREA;

BRESCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LOMBARDY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BRESCIA;

EID: 33847673055     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.05.124     Document Type: Article

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