Polychlorodibenzodioxin and -furan (PCDD and PCDF) and dioxin-like polychlorobiphenyl (DL-PCB) congener levels in milk of grazing sheep as indicators of the environmental quality of rural areas

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 59, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 8513-8517

  Brambilla, Gianfranco ^a   Abate, Vittorio ^a   De Filippis, Stefania Paola ^a   Fulgenzi, Anna Rita ^a   Iamiceli, Anna Laura ^a   Mazzette, Alessandro ^b   Miniero, Roberto ^a   Pulina, Giuseppe ^b  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

dioxin like substances; environment; milk; organic farming; sheep

Indexed keywords

DIOXIN-LIKE SUBSTANCES; ENVIRONMENT; MILK; ORGANIC FARMING; SHEEP;

FARMS; HEALTH; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; QUALITY CONTROL; RURAL AREAS; SAFETY FACTOR; WOOL;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORODIBENZO 4 DIOXIN; POLYCHLORODIBENZO-4-DIOXIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MILK; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SHEEP; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 79961150803     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf2010673     Document Type: Article

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