Empirical analyses of the influence of diet on human concentrations of persistent organic pollutants: A systematic review of all studies conducted in Spain

Environment International

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1226-1235

  Gasull, Magda ^a,b   Bosch de Basea, Magda ^a,b   Puigdomènech, Elisa ^a,b   Pumarega, José ^a,b   Porta, Miquel ^a,b,c  

^a INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane; Fish; Food safety; Hexachlorobenzene; Milk; Organochlorine compounds

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DAIRIES; DAIRY PRODUCTS; FISH; FOOD SAFETY; FOOD SUPPLY; MEATS; NUTRITION; POLLUTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SURVEYS;

BIOLOGICAL MATRIXES; DICHLORODIPHENYLTRICHLOROETHANE; GENERAL POPULATION; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; MILK; ORGANOCHLORINE COMPOUNDS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

CEREAL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDE; DIET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; MEAT; MILK; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; SERUM; VEGETABLE;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CEREAL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DAIRY PRODUCT; EATING HABIT; FISH; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; MEAT; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VEGETABLE;

SPAIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79960037657     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2011.05.008     Document Type: Article

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