Dietary exposure to persistent organochlorine pesticides in 2007 Chinese total diet study

Environment International

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 152-159

  Zhou, Pingping ^a   Zhao, Yunfeng ^a   Li, Jingguang ^a   Wu, Guohua ^a   Zhang, Lei ^a   Liu, Qing ^a   Fan, Sai ^a,b   Yang, Xin ^a   Li, Xiaowei ^a   Wu, Yongning ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Estimated dietary intake; Persistent organochlorine pesticides; Risk assessment; Total diet study

Indexed keywords

DRUG PRODUCTS; FOOD SUPPLY; INSECTICIDES; NUTRITION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AQUATIC FOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CHINA; CHLORDANE COMPOUNDS; CLUSTER SAMPLING; COMPOSITE SAMPLES; DIETARY EXPOSURE; ESTIMATED DAILY INTAKES; ESTIMATED DIETARY INTAKES; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANES; MAXIMUM RESIDUE LIMITS; MINOR COMPONENTS; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; RESIDUAL LEVELS; TOLERABLE DAILY INTAKE; TOTAL DIET STUDY;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; CHLORDANE; HEPTACHLOR; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE;

CARCINOGEN; CHLORDANE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDT; DIET; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HCH; HEALTH RISK; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; CEREAL; CHINESE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIETARY INTAKE; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; FOOD ANALYSIS; HEALTH HAZARD; MEAT; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA FOOD; TREND STUDY;

CHINA;

EID: 84858442068     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2011.05.018     Document Type: Article

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