Probabilistic estimation of dietary exposure of the general Japanese population to dioxins in fish, using region-specific fish monitoring data

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 236-245

  Cao, Hongbin ^a,b   Suzuki, Noriyuki ^a   Sakurai, Takeo ^a   Matsuzaki, Kanae ^a   Shiraishi, Hiroaki ^a   Morita, Masatoshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dietary exposure; Dioxins; Fish; Geographical variability; Monte Carlo technique; Probabilistic estimation

Indexed keywords

DIOXIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPOSURE; FISH; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; SEA; SEASHORE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; DIET; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAFOOD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 42349116124     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jes.7500608     Document Type: Article

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