Exposure to hexachlorobenzene through fish and seafood consumption in Catalonia, Spain

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 389, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 289-295

  Falcó, Gemma ^a   Llobet, Juan M ^a   Bocio, Ana ^b   Domingo, José L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Catalonia; Estimated daily intake; Fish and seafood; Health risks; Hexachlorobenzene; Spain

Indexed keywords

FISH; FOOD PRODUCTS; HEALTH RISKS; SPAIN;

ESTIMATED DAILY INTAKE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HRGC; MUSSELS;

BENZENE;

HEXACHLOROBENZENE;

FISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH RISK; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEAFOOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANCHOVY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CARCINOGENICITY; CHILD; CLAM; CUTTLEFISH; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; MALE; MUSSEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMON; SEA FOOD; SEA POLLUTION; SHRIMP; SPAIN; SQUID; TUNA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; DIET SURVEYS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HABITS; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HUMANS; MALE; SEAFOOD; SPAIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

BIVALVIA; CEPHALOPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ENGRAULIDAE; MULLIDAE; REXEA SOLANDRI; SCOMBRIDAE; SEPIIDAE; XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 36048961431     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.09.025     Document Type: Article

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