Levels and patterns of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPS) in selected food items from Northwest Russia (1998-2002) and implications for dietary exposure

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 5352-5361

  Polder, A ^a   Savinova, T N ^b,c   Tkachev, A ^d   Loken K B ^c   Odland, J O ^c   Skaare, J U ^a,e  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d Institute of Environmental Physiology   (Russian Federation)

^e NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dietary exposure; Food; OCs; POPs; Risk assessment; Russia

Indexed keywords

DIETARY EXPOSURE; FOOD; OCS; POPS; RUSSIA;

DAIRY PRODUCTS; FISH; MEATS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 1,1,1 TRICHLOROETHANE; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; ENVIRONMENTAL, INDUSTRIAL AND DOMESTIC CHEMICALS; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; MIREX; NONACHLOR; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; OXYCHLORDANE; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DDE; DDT; DIETARY SHIFT; DIOXIN; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH RISK; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BUTTER; DAIRY PRODUCT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISH; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MEAT INDUSTRY; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

DAIRY PRODUCTS; DDT; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; DIET; EGGS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MEAT; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RUSSIA; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

KOLA PENINSULA; MURMANSK [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77956886656     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.07.036     Document Type: Article

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