Brominated flame retardants in Canadian chicken egg yolks

Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 807-815

  Rawn, D F K ^a   Sadler, A ^a   Quade, S C ^a   Sun, W F ^a   Lau, B P Y ^a   Kosarac, I ^a,c   Hayward, S ^b   Ryan, J J ^a  

^a FOOD RESEARCH DIVISION   (Canada)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^c Environmental Health Center   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clean up; Eggs; Environmental contaminants; Exposure; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC MS)

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; FLAME RETARDANTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GRADING; ISOMERS;

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; EGGS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANT; EXPOSURE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY/MASS SPECTROMETRY; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANES; MAXIMUM CONCENTRATIONS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES);

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

ARTICLE; CANADA; EGG YOLK; FOOD ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 79958015060     PISSN: 19440049     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19440049.2010.545443     Document Type: Article

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