Dietary exposure of secondary school students in Hong Kong to polybrominated diphenyl ethers from foods of animal origin

Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 521-529

  Chen, M Y Y ^a   Tang, A S P ^a   Ho, Y Y ^a   Xiao, Y ^a,b  

^a Centre for Food Safety   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Animal products meat; Eggs; Environmental contaminants; Fish and fish products; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC MS); Risk assessment; Seafood

Indexed keywords

DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIETARY INTAKE; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MEAT; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA FOOD;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77949494994     PISSN: 19440049     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19440040903419723     Document Type: Article

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