Determination of ethyl carbamate in non-alcoholic fermented foods marketed in Taiwan

Journal of Food and Drug Analysis

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 525-527

  Wang, Sansan H W ^a   Yen, Gow Chin ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ethyl carbamate; Non alcoholic fermented foods

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042874800     PISSN: 10219498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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