Occurrence of aflatoxins, ochratoxin A, and fumonisins in retail foods in Japan

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1365-1370

  Sugita Konishi, Yoshiko ^a   Nakajima, Masahiro ^b   Tabata, Setsuko ^c   Ishikuro, Eiichi ^d   Tanaka, Toshitsugu ^e   Norizuki, Hiroko ^f   Itoh, Yoshinori ^a   Aoyama, Koji ^d   Fujita, Kazuhiro ^g   Kai, Shigemi ^h   Kumagai, Susumu ⁱ  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA CITY PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^d Fertilizer and Feed Inspection Services   (Japan)

^e KOBE INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Japan)

^f Japan Grain Inspection Association   (Japan)

^g JAPAN FOOD RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Japan)

^h KANAGAWA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; SECALE CEREALE; SESAMUM INDICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33745107266     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-69.6.1365     Document Type: Article

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