Probabilistic assessment of the cumulative dietary acute exposure of the population of Denmark to organophosphorus and carbamate pesticides

Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1038-1048

  Jensen, B H ^a   Petersen, A ^a   Christensen, T ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cereals; Exposure assessment; Fruit; Pesticides organophosphorous; Probabalistic modelling; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

CARBAMATE PESTICIDE; CHLORPYRIFOS; METHAMIDOPHOS; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPLE; ARTICLE; CEREAL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION EXPOSURE; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; VEGETABLE;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 70949103397     PISSN: 19440049     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030902859754     Document Type: Article

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