Dioxin and PCB contamination in Chinese mitten crabs: Human consumption as a control mechanism for an invasive species

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1624-1629

  Clark, Paul F ^a   Mortimer, David N ^b   Law, Robin J ^c   Averns, Jon M ^d   Cohen, Bill A ^e   Wood, David ^e   Rose, Martin D ^f   Fernandes, Alwyn R ^f   Rainbow, Philip S ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b FOOD STANDARDS AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^d London Port Health Authority (LPHA)   (United Kingdom)

^e Scientific Analysis Laboratories Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^f CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHINESE MITTEN CRABS; CONTROL MECHANISMS; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGES; ESTIMATED DAILY INTAKES; HUMAN CONSUMPTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MITTEN CRABS; NORTH AMERICANS; ORGANOCHLORINES; PCB CONTAMINATIONS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS; POLYCHLORINATED DIOXINS; POTENTIAL POPULATIONS; TOLERABLE DAILY INTAKES;

ANTIGENS; BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); HARVESTING; METABOLITES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINTED CIRCUITS;

MEATS;

DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; POLYCHLORINATED DIOXIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRAB; DIET; DIOXIN; FOOD CONSUMPTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; PCB; TOXIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB MEAT; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALS; BRACHYURA; CHINA; DIET; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOOD ANALYSIS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MEAT; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIVERS;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ERIOCHEIR SINENSIS;

EID: 64349105644     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es802935a     Document Type: Article

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