Dietary exposure to pesticide residues in Yaoundé: The Cameroonian total diet study

Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A Chemistry, Analysis, Control, Exposure and Risk Assessment

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 458-471

  Gimou, M M ^a   Charrondiere, U R ^b   Leblanc, J C ^c   Pouillot, R ^a  

^a CENTRE PASTEUR DU CAMEROUN   (Cameroon)

^b FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^c Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Exposure assessment; Food intake; Pesticide residues; Total diet study

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE; CHLORDECONE; CHLOROTHALONIL; CIPERMETHRIN; DELTAMETHRIN; DITHIOCARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ENDOSULFAN; GLYPHOSATE; MALATHION; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; PYRETHROID; DITHIOCARBAMIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; BREAD; DIETARY INTAKE; HERB; PAPAYA; PINEAPPLE; TOMATO; WHEAT;

ADULT; CAMEROON; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 41049107615     PISSN: 19440049     EISSN: 19440057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030701567475     Document Type: Article

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