Pesticide and non-dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (NDL-PCBs) residues in foodstuffs from Ismailia city, Egypt

Food Additives and Contaminants: Part B Surveillance

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-40

  Loutfy, N ^a,c   Fuerhacker, M ^a   Lesueur, C ^b   Gartner, M ^b   Ahmed, M Tawfic ^c   Mentler, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b Gartner und LVA Analytik GmbH   (Austria)

^c Suez Canal University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Egypt; Food contamination; Indicator polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); Non dioxin like polychlorinated biphenyl (NDL PCB) residues; Pesticide residues

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

PESTICIDE RESIDUE; POLLUTANT; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CEREAL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRUSTACEA; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIET; ECONOMICS; EGYPT; EUROPEAN UNION; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; HUMAN; MEAT; MOLLUSC; POLLUTANT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA FOOD; SHELLFISH; STANDARDS; TOXICITY; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CEREALS; CRUSTACEA; DAIRY PRODUCTS; DIET; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EUROPEAN UNION; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INSPECTION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MEAT; MOLLUSCA; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAFOOD; SHELLFISH; VEGETABLES;

EID: 70350134529     PISSN: 19393210     EISSN: 19393229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19393210802236885     Document Type: Article

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