Prevention of exposure to mutagenic fumes produced by hot cooking oil in Taiwanese kitchens

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 92-96

  Chiang, Tai An ^a,b   Wu, Pei Fen ^c   Ko, Ying Chin ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG HWA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c TAJEN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cooking oil fumes; Lung cancer; Mutagenicity; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

LARD; MUTAGENIC AGENT; SOYBEAN OIL;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; FUME; KITCHEN; LUNG CANCER; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PREVENTION; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TAIWAN;

EID: 0031889028     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2280(1998)31:1<92::AID-EM12>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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