Assessment of dioxin intake from commercial baby food in infant

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 185-187

  Saito, Koichi ^a   Ohmura, Atsuko ^b   Takekuma, Mikiko ^b  

^a HOSHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Baby food; Dioxin intake; Infant; Total diet study

Indexed keywords

BABY FOOD; DIOXIN INTAKE; TOTAL DIET STUDY;

FISH; FRUITS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEATS; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE;

HYDROCARBONS;

DIOXIN;

ARTICLE; BABY FOOD; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD INTAKE; INFANT FEEDING;

DIOXINS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD;

EID: 40949159780     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-007-9337-x     Document Type: Article

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