The impact of production type and region on polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB), polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin and dibenzofuran (PCDD/F) concentrations in Canadian chicken egg yolks

Chemosphere

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 929-935

  Rawn, Dorothea F K ^a   Sadler, Amy R ^a   Quade, Sue C ^a   Sun, Wing Fung ^a   Kosarac, Ivana ^a,c   Hayward, Stephen ^b   Ryan, J Jake ^a  

^a FOOD RESEARCH DIVISION   (Canada)

^b Health Canada and World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Standardization and Evaluation of Biologicals   (Canada)

^c Environmental Health Center   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Egg yolks; Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); Polychlorinated dibenzo p dioxins furans (PCDD Fs)

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

CANADA; EGG YOLKS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCB); POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO- P - DIOXINS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO-P-DIOXIN AND DIBENZOFURAN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOP-DIOXINS/FURANS (PCDD/FS);

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

EGG; FOOD INTAKE; LIPID; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHICKEN; DIETARY INTAKE; EGG YOLK; EUROPE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CANADA; EUROPE;

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 84865309939     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.05.111     Document Type: Article

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