Long-term daily intake estimates of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and furans, polychlorinated biphenyls and polybrominated diphenylethers from food in Finnish children: Risk assessment implications

Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1475-1488

  Karjalainen, Anna K ^a   Hirvonen, Tero ^b   Kiviranta, Hannu ^c   Sinkko, Harri ^c   Kronberg Kippilä, Carina ^c   Virtanen, Suvi M ^c,d,e   Hallikainen, Anja ^b   Leino, Olli ^c   Knip, Mikael ^e,f   Veijola, Riitta ^g   Simell, Olli ^h   Tuomisto, Jouni T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b NATL VET AND FOOD RES INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^e TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

children; congener intake; contaminant intake; Finland; fish; food; PBDEs; PCBs; PCDD Fs; TDI

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CONTAMINATION; FISH; FOOD PRODUCTS; FOOD SUPPLY; NUTRITION; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CHILDREN; CONGENER INTAKE; FINLAND; PBDES; PCDD/FS;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYLETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84864692287     PISSN: 19440049     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19440049.2012.694373     Document Type: Article

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