Dietary intakes of nitrate, nitrite and NDMA in the Finnish mobile clinic health examination survey

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 541-552

  Dich, Jan ^a   Järvinen, Ritva ^b   Knekt, Paul ^c,d   Penttilä, Pirjo Liisa ^e  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c SOCIAL INSURANCE INSTITUTION   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e National Food Administration   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dietary intake; Epidemiologic study; NDMA; Nitrate; Nitrite

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; NITRATE; NITRITE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEER; CHEESE; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEAT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; VEGETABLE;

EID: 0029885572     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652039609374439     Document Type: Article

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