Exposure assessment of ethyl carbamate in alcoholic beverages

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 480-483

  Ha, Mi Sun ^c   Kwon, Ki Sung ^a   Kim, Meehye ^a   Park, Hee Ra ^a   Hu, Soo Jung ^a   Lee, Hyomin ^a   Kim, Kyung Mi ^c   Ko, Eun Jung ^c   Ha, Sang Do ^b   Bae, Dong Ho ^c  

^a Korea Food and Drug Administration   (South Korea)

^b Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^c Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Alcoholic beverage; Ethyl carbamate; Exposure assessment; Urethane

Indexed keywords

URETHAN;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; BEER; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FERMENTATION; FOOD PROCESSING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; KOREA; MARKET; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33645538668     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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