Nitrate and nitrite quantification from cured meat and vegetables and their estimated dietary intake in Australians

Food Chemistry

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 334-339

  Hsu, James ^a   Arcot, Jayashree ^a   Alice Lee, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anions; Carcinogen; Cured meat; Extraction; Matrix interference; Nitrates; Nitrites; Tetrabutylammonium phosphate

Indexed keywords

EID: 60749098246     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2008.11.081     Document Type: Article

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