title: [The use amount of chlordane, heptachlor and heptachlor epoxide in Poland].
abstract: Chlordanes, heptachlor and heptachlor epoxide exposure from a particular food items in Poland in 1970-1996 was calculated by multiplying its annualized mean consumption rates by residue concentration in the food. Estimated daily dietary intakes of chlordanes were from 0.35 to 0.42 microgram per person while of heptachlor and heptachlor epoxide from 0.51 to 0.58 microgram per person, on the average. Fish, meat and meat products and butter are a main source of chlordanes intake in a total diet in Poland, while in the case of heptachlor and heptachlor epoxide a main source are meat, meat products and animal fats.
authors.affiliation: Zakład Chemii Srodowiska i Ekotoksykologii Uniwersytet Gdański 80-952 Gdańsk, ul. Sobieskiego 18. jfalandy@chemik.chem.univ.gda.pl
authors.forename: Jerzy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Falandysz
mesh_terms: D002706:Chlordan / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005502:Food; D006533:Heptachlor / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006534:Heptachlor Epoxide / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D018673:Nutrition Policy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011044:Poland
chemical_list: D006534:Heptachlor Epoxide; D002706:Chlordan; D006533:Heptachlor