Mixture-risk-assessment of pesticide residues in retail polyfloral honey

Food Control

Volumn 67, Issue , 2016, Pages 127-134

  Juan Borrás, Marisol ^a   Domenech, Eva ^a   Escriche, Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hazard index; Honey; Mixture risk assessment; MRL; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960416622     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2016.02.051     Document Type: Article

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