Mineral oil paraffins in human body fat and milk

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 544-552

  Concin, Nicole ^a   Hofstetter, Gerda ^a   Plattner, Barbara ^a   Tomovski, Caroline ^b   Fiselier, Katell ^c   Gerritzen, Kerstin ^c   Fessler, Siegfried ^a   Windbichler, Gudrun ^a   Zeimet, Alain ^a   Ulmer, Hanno ^a   Siegl, Harald ^d   Rieger, Karl ^d   Concin, Hans ^b   Grob, Koni ^c  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b Hospital Bregenz   (Austria)

^c Official Food Control Authority of the Canton of Zurich   (Switzerland)

^d Institute for Food Investigation of the State Vorarlberg   (Austria)

Author keywords

Caesarean section; Human milk; Human tissue fat; Mineral oil paraffins

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; MILK FAT; MINERAL OIL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PARAFFIN;

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BREAST; BREAST MILK; CESAREAN SECTION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTAMINATION; DRUG ACCUMULATION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EVAPORATION; FOOD; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SAMPLE; VOLUNTEER;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AUSTRIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MILK, HUMAN; OILS; PARAFFIN;

EID: 37449014928     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2007.08.036     Document Type: Article

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