Nitrite and nitrate content in meat products and estimated intake in Denmark from 1998 to 2006

Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1237-1245

  Leth, T ^a   Fagt, S ^b   Nielsen, S ^c   Andersen, R ^b  

^a Department of Food Chemistry ^*  (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c DANISH VETERINARY AND FOOD ADMINISTRATION   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Children; Cured meat; Denmark; Estimated intake; Sodium nitrate; Sodium nitrite

Indexed keywords

FOOD ADDITIVE; NITRATE; NITRITE; SODIUM NITRATE; SODIUM NITRITE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MEAT; MEAT INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; AGE; ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; FEMALE; FOOD ADDITIVES; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT PRODUCTS; MIDDLE AGED; NITRATES; SODIUM NITRITE;

EID: 58149117841     PISSN: 19440049     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030802101885     Document Type: Article

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