Non-essential and essential trace element concentrations in meat from cattle reared under organic, intensive or conventional production systems

Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 36-42

  Blanco Penedo, I ^a   Lopez Alonso M ^a   Miranda, M ^a   Hernandez J ^a   Prieto, F ^c   Shore, R F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Animal products; Animal study; ICP; Meat; Metals analysis; Toxic elements; Toxicology; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COBALT; LEAD; MERCURY; TRACE METAL; ZINC; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEEF; CALF (BOVINE); CATTLE; DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; HUMAN; KIDNEY; LIVER; MEAT INDUSTRY; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC FARMING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACE METAL BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH FOOD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEAT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; SPAIN; STANDARD;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH FOOD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEAT; QUALITY CONTROL; SPAIN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 75649096392     PISSN: 19440049     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030903161598     Document Type: Article

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