Potential food contaminants and associated health risks

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 193-202

  Peshin, Sharda Shah ^a   Lall, Shyam Bala ^a   Gupta, Suresh Kumar ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Aromatic hydrocarbons; Food contamination; Fungi; Heavy ions; Microbiology; Oils; Organophosphorus compounds

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ALKALOID; ANTIOXIDANT; BACTERIAL TOXIN; BENZO[A]PYRENE; CORN OIL; DIBENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; DICHLOROMETHANE; DIOXIN; EMULSIFYING AGENT; FOOD ADDITIVE; GLUTAMATE SODIUM; HEAVY METAL; HETEROCYCLIC AMINE; LECTIN; MARINE TOXIN; MYCOTOXIN; NITRITE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PRESERVATIVE; SOLVENT; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; TRICRESYL PHOSPHATE; UNINDEXED DRUG; INSECTICIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND;

CADMIUM POISONING; CLAVICEPS PURPUREA; COLIC; ERGOTISM; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD POISONING; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD STORAGE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; JAUNDICE; LATHYRISM; MINAMATA DISEASE; ORGANIC POLLUTION; REVIEW; YUSHO DISEASE; ANIMAL; FOOD CONTROL;

ANIMALS; FOOD ADDITIVES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; METALS, HEAVY; MYCOTOXINS; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC;

EID: 0036188204     PISSN: 16714083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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