Journal of Dairy Science
Volume 91, Issue 2 , Pages 483-489 , February 2008

Enantiomeric Fraction of Selected Chiral Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Cow, Goat, and Ewe Milk and Dairy Products by Heart-Cut Multidimensional Gas Chromatography: First Results

  • L.R. Bordajandi

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • Present address: European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements (IRMM), Retieseweg 111, B-2440 Geel, Belgium.
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  • M.J. González

Received 5 August 2007 ,Accepted 19 October 2007.

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PII: S0022-0302(08)71390-0

doi: 10.3168/jds.2007-0577

Journal of Dairy Science
Volume 91, Issue 2 , Pages 483-489 , February 2008