Dietary exposure to organochlorine compounds in Tarragona Province (Catalonia, Spain): Health risks

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 588-602

  Martí Cid, Roser ^a   Huertas, David ^b   Nadal, Martí ^a   Linares, Victoria ^a   Schuhmacher, Marta ^a   Grimalt, Joan O ^b   Domingo, José L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

Author keywords

DDT; Dietary intake; Ebro River (Spain); Health risks; Organochlorine compounds (OC); PCBs

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953526769     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807031003788832     Document Type: Article

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