Risk assessment of PCDD/PCDFs and indicator PCBs contamination in Spanish commercial baby food

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 145-151

  Loran S ^a   Bayarri, S ^a   Conchello, P ^a   Herrera, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Baby food products; Dietary intake; PCBs; PCDD Fs; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

GLUTEN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

ARTICLE; BABY FOOD; CEREAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; GLUTEN FREE DIET; HEALTH HAZARD; MEAT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPAIN;

ANIMALS; BENZOFURANS; CEREALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEAT; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPAIN; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

EID: 72149099070     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2009.09.031     Document Type: Article

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