Human health risk of dietary intake of organochlorine pesticide residues in bovine meat and tissues from Veracruz, México

Food Chemistry

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1873-1893

  Pardío, Violeta ^a   Martínez, David ^a   Flores, Argel ^a   Romero, Dora ^a   Suárez, Víctor ^a   López, Karla ^a   Uscanga, Roxana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bovine meat; Dietary intake; Health risk; Organochlorine pesticides

Indexed keywords

BOVINE MEAT; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENIC RISK; DIETARY INTAKES; DRY SEASONS; ESTIMATED DAILY INTAKES; GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN HEALTH RISKS; MEAT CONSUMPTION; MUSCLE TISSUES; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE RESIDUES; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; RAINY SEASONS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; VERACRUZ;

HISTOLOGY; MAMMALS; MEATS; MUSCLE; NUTRITION; PESTICIDE EFFECTS;

HEALTH RISKS;

ALDRIN; DIELDRIN; ENDOSULFAN; ENDRIN; HEPTACHLOR; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; HEXACLOROCICLOHEXANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; COW; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT CONTENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HEART; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MEAT; MEXICO; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASON; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; CATTLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MEAT; MEXICO; MUSCLES; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; RISK FACTORS;

BOVINAE;

EID: 84865720644     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: 18737072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2012.06.079     Document Type: Article

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