Risk assessment of aflatoxins in food in Africa

Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1246-1256

  Shephard, Gordon S ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; Biomarker; Children; Exposure; Liver cancer; Risk; Stunting

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; AFLATOXIN B1; IMMUNOTOXIN;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BEER; FOOD; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; IMMUNOTOXICITY; MAIZE; MALNUTRITION; MILLET; NONHUMAN; NUT; PEANUT BUTTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; SORGHUM; STUNTING SYNDROME; YAM CHIP; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GROWTH DISORDER; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; FUNGI;

AFLATOXIN B1; AFRICA; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; IMMUNOTOXINS; MALNUTRITION; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 58149141814     PISSN: 19440049     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030802036222     Document Type: Article

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