Fumonisin mycotoxins in human hair

Biomarkers

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 110-118

  Sewram, Vikash ^a   Mshicileli, Ndumiso ^a   Shephard, Gordon S ^a   Marasas, Walter F O ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Chronic exposure; Fumonisins; Fusarium verticilliodes; High performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectroscopy; Human hair

Indexed keywords

FUMONISIN; FUMONISIN B1; FUMONISIN B2; METHANOL;

ANION EXCHANGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; EXTRACTION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FUNGAL PLANT DISEASE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR LEVEL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAIZE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SOUTH AFRICA;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FUMONISINS; HAIR; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MYCOTOXINS; SOLVENTS; SOUTH AFRICA;

FUSARIUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0037532926     PISSN: 1354750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1354750031000081002     Document Type: Article

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