Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in edible grain: A pilot study of agricultural crops as a human exposure pathway for environmental contaminants using wheat as a model crop

Environmental Research

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 145-151

  Kobayashi, Reiko ^a   Okamoto, Robert A ^b   Maddalena, Randy L ^c   Kado, Norman Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer risk; Dietary exposure; GC MS; Naphthalene; PAHs

Indexed keywords

DIESEL FUEL; NAPHTHALENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

BIOINDICATOR; CANCER; DIESEL; HEALTH RISK; NAPHTHALENE; PAH; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; WHEAT;

ARTICLE; CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GRAIN; HARVESTING; PILOT STUDY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WHEAT;

AGRICULTURE; ATMOSPHERE; CALIFORNIA; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; EATING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GASOLINE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; NAPHTHALENES; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; TRITICUM;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 43349083210     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2007.11.002     Document Type: Article

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