Dietary exposure to dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs of Hong Kong adults: results of the first Hong Kong Total Diet Study

Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2152-2158

  Wong, Waiky W K ^a   Yip, Yiu chung ^b   Choi, Koon kay ^b   Ho, Y Y ^a   Xiao, Ying ^a  

^a Centre for Food Safety   (China)

^b Government Laboratory   (China)

Author keywords

dioxin like PCBs; dioxins; total diet study

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH RISKS; OILS AND FATS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

DIOXIN-LIKE PCBS; DIOXIN-LIKE POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; DIOXINS; FOODS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO P DIOXIN (PCDDS); TOTAL DIET STUDIES; TOXIC EQUIVALENTS TEQ;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

DIBENZOFURAN; DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; DIOXINS; FEMALE; FISH PRODUCTS; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAFOOD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890793987     PISSN: 19440049     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19440049.2013.849388     Document Type: Article

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