Investigation into benzene, trihalomethanes and formaldehyde in Chinese lager beers

Journal of the Institute of Brewing

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 291-294

  Wu, Qian Jun ^a,b   Lin, Hong ^a   Fan, Wei ^b   Dong, Jian Jun ^b   Chen, Hua Lei ^b  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b TSINGTAO BREWERY CO LTD   (China)

Author keywords

Benzene; Chinese lager beer; Contaminants; Formaldehyde; Trihalomethanes

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847201475     PISSN: 00469750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2050-0416.2006.tb00733.x     Document Type: Article

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