Artisanal alcohol production in Mayan Guatemala: Chemical safety evaluation with special regard to acetaldehyde contamination

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 5861-5868

  Kanteres, Fotis ^a   Rehm, Jürgen ^a,b,c   Lachenmeier, Dirk W ^d  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d Chemisches und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetaldehyde; Alcohol; Food contamination; Guatemala; Maya; Sugarcane spirits

Indexed keywords

ACETALDEHYDE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GUATEMALA; MAYA; SUGARCANE SPIRITS;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPOUNDING (CHEMICAL); CONTAMINATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISTILLATION; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; METHANOL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

ALDEHYDES;

ACETALDEHYDE; ALCOHOL; METAL; METHANOL;

ACETALDEHYDE; ALCOHOL; DEVELOPING WORLD; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUGAR CANE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTAMINATION; DISTILLATION; GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICE; GUATEMALA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SAMPLING; WORK ENVIRONMENT; YEAST;

ACETALDEHYDE; CARCINOGENS; ETHANOL; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INSPECTION; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; INDIANS, CENTRAL AMERICAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 70349194365     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.08.012     Document Type: Article

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