External and internal dose in subjects occupationally exposed to ochratoxin A

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 381-386

  Iavicoli, Ivo ^a   Brera, Carlo ^b   Carelli, Giovanni ^a   Caputi, Rosamaria ^b   Marinaccio, Alessandro ^c   Miraglia, Marina ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b Laboratorio Alimenti   (Italy)

^c ISPESL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biological monitoring; Exposure assessment; Ochratoxin A; Serum

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; MYCOTOXIN; OCHRATOXIN;

ADULT; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD LEVEL; CACAO; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COFFEE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PROCESSING; GASTROINTESTINAL ABSORPTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; KIDNEY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTION; SAMPLING; SPICE; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CACAO; COFFEE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOTOXINS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCHRATOXINS; SPICES;

ANIMALIA; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 0036705672     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-002-0319-3     Document Type: Article

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