The occurrence of volatile N-nitrosamines in Estonian meat products

Food Chemistry

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1713-1721

  Yurchenko, S ^a   Molder U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Gas chromatography; Mass spectrometry; Meat products; N Nitrosamines; Positive ion chemical ionization

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; MAGNESIUM TRISILICATE; NITROSAMINE; SORBENT; VOLATILE AGENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANNED FOOD; ESTONIA; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD QUALITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION MONITORING; IONIZATION; MEAT; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION;

EID: 33746562433     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2005.10.017     Document Type: Article

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