Risk characterisation of chemicals in food and diet

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1211-1271

  Renwick, A G ^a   Barlow, S M ^b   Hertz Picciotto, I ^c   Boobis, A R ^d   Dybing, E ^e   Edler, L ^f   Eisenbrand, G ^g   Greig, J B ^p   Kleiner, J ^h   Lambe, J ⁱ   Muller D J G ^j   Smith, M R ^k   Tritscher, A ^l   Tuijtelaars, S ^h   Van Den Brandt, P A ^m   Walker, R ⁿ   Kroes, R ^o  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^f GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^g Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^h International Life Sciences Institute of Europe   (Belgium)

ⁱ TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^j PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^k UNILEVER RESEARCH VLAARDINGEN   (Netherlands)

^l NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

^m MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^o UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^p NONE

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; LIPID; M PROTEIN; TRACE ELEMENT; FOOD ADDITIVE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; DOSE RESPONSE; EMPIRICISM; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FAT INTAKE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD SAFETY; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTOXICITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SERVICE; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MACRONUTRIENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POLICY; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SPECIES COMPARISON; TOXICOKINETICS; VALIDATION PROCESS; DANGEROUS GOODS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SAFETY; STANDARD;

ANIMALIA;

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD; FOOD ADDITIVES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GUIDELINES; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; MICRONUTRIENTS; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0041379637     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6915(03)00064-4     Document Type: Review

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