Survey of nitrate and nitrite contents of vegetables grown in Korea

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 621-628

  Chung, S Y ^a   Kim, J S ^a   Kim, M ^a   Hong, M K ^a   Lee, J O ^a   Kim, C M ^a   Song, I S ^a  

^a Korea Food and Drug Administration   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dietary intake; Nitrate; Nitrite; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROSAMINE;

ARTICLE; CABBAGE; CHINESE CABBAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD SAFETY; HARVEST PERIOD; HEALTH HAZARD; ION PAIR CHROMATOGRAPHY; KOREA; LETTUCE; ONION; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUMPKIN; RADISH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOYBEAN; SPINACH; SPROUT; SUMMER; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; VARIANCE; VEGETABLE; WINTER;

ALLIUM; BELGIUM; BRASSICA; CAPSICUM; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; DIET; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; KOREA; NITRATES; NITRITES; ONIONS; RAPHANUS; SEASONS; SOYBEANS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; VEGETABLES;

ALLIUM; ALLIUM CEPA; ALLIUM SATIVUM; ALLIUM TUBEROSUM; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. PEKINENSIS; CHRYSANTHEMUM CORONARIUM; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; DAUCUS CAROTA; GLYCINE MAX; LACTUCA; RAPHANUS SATIVUS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 0043065421     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0265203031000124146     Document Type: Article

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