Estimation of the daily intake of hexachlorobenzene from food consumption by the population of Catalonia, Spain: Health risks

Food Control

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 198-202

  Perelló, Gemma ^a   Gómez Catalán, Jesús ^b   Castell, Victoria ^c   Llobet, Juan M ^b   Domingo, José L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Generalitat de Catalunya   (Spain)

Author keywords

Catalonia, Spain; Food; Health risks; Hexachlorobenzene; Human exposure; Total diet

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052172625     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2011.07.010     Document Type: Article

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