Assessment of human health hazards associated with the dietary exposure to organic and inorganic contaminants through the consumption of fishery products in Spain

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 557-558, Issue , 2016, Pages 808-818

  Rodríguez Hernández, Ángel ^a,b,c   Camacho, María ^a,b,c   Henríquez Hernández, Luis A ^a,b,c   Boada, Luis D ^a,b,c   Ruiz Suárez, Norberto ^a,b,c   Valerón, Pilar F ^a,b,c   Almeida González, Maira ^a,b,c   Zaccaroni, Annalisa ^d   Zumbado, Manuel ^a,b,c   Luzardo, Octavio P ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b Madrid Spain   (Spain)

^c Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Carcinogenic potential; Organochlorine pesticides; PCBs; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CONTAMINATION; FISH; FISHERIES; HEALTH HAZARDS; HYDROCARBONS; NUTRITION; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; PYRENE;

CARCINOGENIC POTENTIAL; CHEMICAL CONCENTRATIONS; CURRENT CONSUMPTION; INORGANIC CONTAMINANTS; MULTIPLE CONTAMINANTS; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; TOLERABLE DAILY INTAKE; TOXIC EQUIVALENTS TEQ;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARSENIC; BENZO[A]PYRENE; CADMIUM; MERCURY; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; CARCINOGEN; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON;

ARSENIC; CARCINOGEN; DIET; FISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HEALTH RISK; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PAH; PCB;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; CEPHALOPOD; DIETARY INTAKE; FISH; HEALTH HAZARD; MAXIMUM TOLERATED DOSE; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA FOOD; SPAIN; ANALYSIS; DANGEROUS GOODS; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISHERY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

SPAIN;

CEPHALOPODA;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CARCINOGENS; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISHERIES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MERCURY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEAFOOD; SPAIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84962468719     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.03.035     Document Type: Article

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