Soil as a source of dioxin contamination in eggs from free-range hens on a Polish farm

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 466-467, Issue , 2014, Pages 447-454

  Piskorska Pliszczynska, Jadwiga ^a   Mikolajczyk, Szczepan ^a   Warenik Bany, Malgorzata ^a   Maszewski, Sebastian ^a   Strucinski, Pawel ^b  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Carry over; Dioxins; Free range eggs; Risk assessment; Soil

Indexed keywords

CARRY-OVER; CONTAMINATED SOILS; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOODS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN; FREE-RANGE EGGS; TOLERABLE WEEKLY INTAKES;

BIOCHEMISTRY; GYNECOLOGY; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; TISSUE;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

BIOACCUMULATION; DIOXIN; EGG; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HEALTH RISK; POULTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BREAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FORAGING; HEN; LEG MUSCLE; LIVER; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; POLAND; POULTRY FARMING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHICKEN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; SOIL POLLUTANT;

POLAND;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; OVUM; POLAND; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84882666654     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.07.061     Document Type: Article

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