Seafoods and Environmental Contaminants

Beraat Özçelik*, Ümran Uygun, Banu Bayram

*Corresponding author for this work

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Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHandbook of Seafood Quality, Safety and Health Applications
PublisherWiley-Blackwell
Pages303-316
Number of pages14
ISBN (Print)9781405180702
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2 Sept 2010

Keywords

  • Aquaculture, farming of aquatic organisms - fish, molluscs, and crustaceans by individuals, groups, or corporations to enhance production
  • Brominated flame retardants (BFRs) - decreasing likelihood and intensity of fire in consumer products
  • Dioxin, generic name of PCDFs and PCDDs - by-products of industrial and natural processes
  • Factors affecting occurrence of PEPs in seafood
  • Fish, important component of nutritious diet - source of proteins, minerals, vitamins, and essential polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) crucial to human health
  • PEPs, adverse health effects - OCs acting as immunosuppressive agents and endocrine disrupters
  • Policies to reduce exposure to PEPs
  • Seafood, major sources of protein and functional components - crucial to human health
  • Seafood, residues of persistent environmental pollutants (PEPs)
  • Seafoods and environmental contaminants

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