Dioxin and dioxin-like PCB levels in cod-liver and -muscle from different fishing grounds of the North- and Baltic Sea and the North Atlantic

Journal fur Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 247-255

  Karl, Horst ^a   Lahrssen Wiederholt, Monika ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION AND FOOD   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cod liver; Cod muscle; Contamination; dl PCB; Length dependence; PCDD F; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350690522     PISSN: 16615751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00003-009-0308-5     Document Type: Article

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