Levels of organic pollutants in vegetables and human exposure through diet: A review

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-33

  Lü, Huixiong ^a   Cai, Quan Ying ^a,b   Jones, Kevin C ^c   Zeng, Qiao Yun ^a   Katsoyiannis, Athanasios ^d  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d High North Research Centre for Climate and the Environment   (Norway)

Author keywords

exposure; organic contaminant; polybrominated diphenyl ethers; polychlorinated biphenyls; polychlorinated dibenzo p dioxins and dibenzofurans; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; vegetable

Indexed keywords

EXPOSURE; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO-P-DIOXINS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO-P-DIOXINS AND DIBENZOFURANS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIATION;

IMPURITIES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; VEGETABLES;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; ANTHRACENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; CHRYSENE; DIOXIN; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; INDENO[1,2,3 CD]PYRENE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; PHENANTHRENE; PHTHALIC ACID BENZYL BUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID ESTER; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE;

DATA ACQUISITION; HEALTH RISK; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; VEGETABLE;

ARTICLE; AUBERGINE; BEAN; BIOACCUMULATION; BRASSICA JUNCEA; CARROT; CAULIFLOWER; CELERY; CHINESE CABBAGE; CHIVE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COOKING; COWPEA; CUCUMBER; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; ENDIVE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; LEEK; LETTUCE; LUFFA ACUTANGULA; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; MUSTARD; PARSLEY; POLLUTANT; POTATO; RADISH; SOYBEAN; SPINACH; TOMATO; TURNIP; VEGETABLE;

EID: 84890449305     PISSN: 10643389     EISSN: 15476537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10643389.2012.710428     Document Type: Article

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