Determination of PCDD/F, dioxin-like PCB and PAH levels in olive and olive oil samples from areas affected by the fires in summer 2007 in Greece

Chemosphere

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 285-291

  Costopoulou, Danae ^a   Vassiliadou, Irene ^a   Chrysafidis, Dimitrios ^b   Bergele, Kyriaki ^b   Tzavara, Eleni ^c   Tzamtzis, Vassilios ^b   Leondiadis, Leondios ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^b General Chemical State Laboratory   (Greece)

^c Ministry of Rural Development and Food   (Greece)

Author keywords

Forest fire; Olive oil; Olives; PAHs; PCBs; PCDD Fs

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; DEFORESTATION; FIRE HAZARDS; FIRES; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; OLIVE OIL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; WASTE INCINERATION;

ACCIDENTAL FIRES; DIOXIN-LIKE PCBS; FIRE-AFFECTED AREAS; FOREST FIRES; OIL PRODUCING AREAS; OLIVES; PCDD/FS; SOLUBLE SUBSTANCES;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

OLIVE OIL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

COMBUSTION; DIOXIN; FOREST FIRE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PAH; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; TOXICITY; VEGETABLE OIL;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIRE ECOLOGY; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SAFETY; GREECE; LANDFILL; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; OLIVE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; SUMMER;

DEFORESTATION; FIRES; FOREST FIRES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SOLID WASTES; VEGETABLE OIL;

GREECE;

OLEACEAE;

EID: 77949265938     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.01.024     Document Type: Article

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