Surveillance of dioxins and polychlorinated biphenyls (pcbs) in food commercialized in Barcelona, Spain

Food Additives and Contaminants: Part B Surveillance

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 66-73

  Fontcuberta, M ^a,b   Arques J F ^a,b   Villalbi J R ^a,b   Martinez M ^a   Serrahima, E ^a   Centrich, F ^a,b   Abalos M ^c   Abad, E ^c   Duran, J ^a   Casas, C ^a,b  

^a AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Animal products meat; Cheese; Chromatography gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC MS); Dioxins toxic equivalent quantities (TEQs); Eggs; Fish; Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

DIOXIN; POLLUTANT; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHICKEN; DAIRY PRODUCT; EATING; EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MEAT; METABOLISM; POLLUTANT; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPAIN; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DAIRY PRODUCTS; DIOXINS; EATING; EGGS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FISHES; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MEAT; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPAIN;

EID: 77649219280     PISSN: 19393210     EISSN: 19393229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030902926496     Document Type: Article

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