Perfluorinated compounds, polychlorinated biphenyls, and organochlorine pesticide contamination in composite food samples from Dallas, Texas, USA

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 796-802

  Schecter, Arnold ^a   Colacino, Justin ^b   Haffner, Darrah ^c   Patel, Keyur ^a   Opel, Matthias ^d   Päpke, Olaf ^d   Birnbaum, Linda ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Eurofins Medinet Inc   (Germany)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Food; PCBs; Pesticides; PFCs; United States

Indexed keywords

ALDRIN; CHLORPHENOTANE; ENDOSULFAN; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; OLIVE OIL; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; YOGHURT; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; FLUOROCARBON; PESTICIDE;

ARTICLE; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIETARY INTAKE; EGG; FISH MEAT; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; POTATO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE; ANALYSIS; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUOROCARBONS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TEXAS;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 77953278761     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0901347     Document Type: Article

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